March 5, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 44 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session
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RIGHTS FOR TRANSPORTATION SECURITY OFFICERS ACT OF 2020; Congressional Record Vol. 166, No. 44
(House of Representatives - March 05, 2020)
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[Pages H1515-H1519] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] RIGHTS FOR TRANSPORTATION SECURITY OFFICERS ACT OF 2020 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 877 and rule XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the bill, H.R. 1140. Will the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Neguse) kindly take the chair. {time} 1015 In the Committee of the Whole Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1140) to enhance the security operations of the Transportation Security Administration and stability of the transportation security workforce by applying the personnel system under title 5, United States Code, to employees of the Transportation Security Administration who provide screening of all passengers and property, and for other purposes, with Mr. Neguse (Acting Chair) in the chair. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose earlier today, amendment No. 9, printed in House Report 116-411 offered by the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Mucarsel-Powell) had been postponed. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in House Report 116-411 on which further proceedings were postponed, in the following order: Amendment No. 7 by Mr. Cisneros of California. Amendment No. 9 by Ms. Mucarsel-Powell of Florida. The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Cisneros The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Cisneros) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment. Recorded Vote The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded. A recorded vote was ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 399, noes 1, not voting 35, as follows: [Roll No. 87] AYES--399 Abraham Adams Aderholt Aguilar Allen Allred Amodei Armstrong Arrington Axne Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Banks Barr Barragan Bass Beatty Bergman Biggs Bilirakis Bishop (NC) Bishop (UT) Blumenauer Blunt Rochester Bonamici Bost Boyle, Brendan F. Brady Brindisi Brooks (AL) Brooks (IN) Brown (MD) Brownley (CA) Buchanan Buck Bucshon Budd Burchett Burgess Bustos Butterfield Byrne Calvert Carbajal Carson (IN) Carter (GA) Carter (TX) Cartwright Case Casten (IL) Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chabot Chu, Judy Cicilline Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Clay Cleaver Cline Cloud Clyburn Cohen Cole Collins (GA) Comer Conaway Connolly Cook Cooper Correa Costa Courtney Cox (CA) Craig Crawford Crenshaw Crist Crow Cuellar [[Page H1516]] Cunningham Curtis Davids (KS) Davidson (OH) Davis (CA) Davis, Danny K. Dean DeFazio DeGette DeLauro Delgado Demings DeSaulnier DesJarlais Deutch Diaz-Balart Dingell Doggett Doyle, Michael F. Duncan Dunn Emmer Engel Escobar Eshoo Espaillat Estes Evans Ferguson Finkenauer Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Fletcher Flores Fortenberry Foster Foxx (NC) Frankel Fudge Fulcher Gabbard Gaetz Gallagher Gallego Garamendi Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gianforte Gibbs Gohmert Golden Gomez Gonzalez (OH) Gonzalez (TX) Gooden Gosar Gottheimer Granger Graves (GA) Graves (LA) Graves (MO) Green, Al (TX) Griffith Grothman Guest Guthrie Haaland Hagedorn Harder (CA) Harris Hartzler Hastings Heck Hern, Kevin Hice (GA) Higgins (LA) Higgins (NY) Hill (AR) Himes Holding Hollingsworth Horn, Kendra S. Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hudson Huffman Huizenga Hurd (TX) Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (LA) Johnson (OH) Johnson (SD) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kaptur Katko Keating Keller Kelly (IL) Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy Khanna Kildee Kim Kind King (IA) King (NY) Kinzinger Kirkpatrick Krishnamoorthi Kuster (NH) Kustoff (TN) LaHood Lamb Lamborn Langevin Larson (CT) Latta Lawson (FL) Lee (CA) Lee (NV) Lesko Levin (CA) Levin (MI) Lieu, Ted Lipinski Loebsack Lofgren Long Loudermilk Lowenthal Lowey Luetkemeyer Lujan Luria Lynch Malinowski Maloney, Carolyn B. Maloney, Sean Marshall Massie Mast Matsui McAdams McBath McCarthy McCaul McClintock McCollum McEachin McGovern McHenry McKinley McNerney Meadows Meeks Meng Meuser Miller Mitchell Moolenaar Mooney (WV) Moore Morelle Moulton Mucarsel-Powell Murphy (FL) Murphy (NC) Nadler Napolitano Neal Neguse Norcross Norman Norton Nunes O'Halleran Ocasio-Cortez Olson Omar Palazzo Pallone Palmer Panetta Pappas Pascrell Payne Pence Perlmutter Perry Peters Peterson Phillips Pingree Plaskett Pocan Porter Posey Pressley Price (NC) Quigley Radewagen Raskin Ratcliffe Reed Reschenthaler Rice (NY) Rice (SC) Richmond Riggleman Roby Roe, David P. Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose (NY) Rouda Rouzer Roybal-Allard Ruiz Ruppersberger Rush Rutherford Ryan Sablan San Nicolas Sanchez Sarbanes Scalise Scanlon Schakowsky Schiff Schneider Schrader Schweikert Scott (VA) Scott, Austin Sensenbrenner Serrano Sewell (AL) Shalala Sherman Sherrill Shimkus Simpson Slotkin Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Soto Spanberger Spano Speier Stanton Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Stevens Stewart Stivers Suozzi Swalwell (CA) Takano Taylor Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Thompson (PA) Thornberry Tipton Titus Tlaib Tonko Torres (CA) Torres Small (NM) Trahan Trone Turner Underwood Upton Van Drew Vargas Vela Velazquez Visclosky Wagner Walberg Walden Walker Walorski Waltz Wasserman Schultz Watkins Watson Coleman Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Welch Wenstrup Westerman Wexton Wild Williams Wilson (FL) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Woodall Wright Yarmuth Yoho Young Zeldin NOES--1 Amash NOT VOTING--35 Bera Beyer Bishop (GA) Cardenas Cheney Davis, Rodney DelBene Gonzalez-Colon (PR) Green (TN) Grijalva Hayes Herrera Beutler Jackson Lee Jayapal Johnson (TX) Kilmer LaMalfa Larsen (WA) Lawrence Lewis Lucas Marchant Mullin Newhouse Rodgers (WA) Rooney (FL) Rose, John W. Roy Schrier Scott, David Sires Smith (WA) Timmons Veasey Waters {time} 1044 Messrs. OLSON, DUNCAN, and Mrs. LESKO changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.'' So the amendment was agreed to. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. Stated for: Mrs. HAYES. Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 87. Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Chair, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 87. Mr. BERA. Mr. Chair, I missed the following vote due to a committee hearing. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 87. Amendment No. 9 Offered by Ms. Mucarsel-Powell The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Mucarsel-Powell) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment. Recorded Vote The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded. A recorded vote was ordered. The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 403, noes 0, not voting 32, as follows: [Roll No. 88] AYES--403 Abraham Adams Aderholt Aguilar Allen Allred Amash Amodei Armstrong Arrington Axne Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Banks Barr Barragan Bass Beatty Bera Bergman Beyer Biggs Bilirakis Bishop (GA) Bishop (NC) Bishop (UT) Blumenauer Blunt Rochester Bonamici Bost Boyle, Brendan F. Brady Brindisi Brooks (AL) Brooks (IN) Brown (MD) Brownley (CA) Buchanan Buck Bucshon Budd Burchett Burgess Bustos Butterfield Byrne Calvert Carbajal Cardenas Carson (IN) Carter (GA) Carter (TX) Cartwright Case Casten (IL) Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chabot Cicilline Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Clay Cleaver Cline Cloud Clyburn Cohen Cole Collins (GA) Comer Conaway Connolly Cook Cooper Correa Costa Courtney Cox (CA) Craig Crawford Crenshaw Crist Crow Cuellar Cunningham Curtis Davids (KS) Davidson (OH) Davis (CA) Davis, Danny K. Davis, Rodney Dean DeFazio DeGette DeLauro Delgado Demings DeSaulnier DesJarlais Deutch Diaz-Balart Dingell Doggett Doyle, Michael F. Duncan Dunn Emmer Engel Escobar Eshoo Espaillat Estes Evans Ferguson Finkenauer Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Fletcher Flores Fortenberry Foster Foxx (NC) Frankel Fudge Fulcher Gabbard Gaetz Gallagher Gallego Garamendi Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gianforte Gibbs Gohmert Golden Gomez Gonzalez (OH) Gonzalez (TX) Gooden Gosar Gottheimer Granger Graves (GA) Graves (LA) Graves (MO) Green, Al (TX) Griffith Guest Guthrie Hagedorn Harder (CA) Harris Hartzler Hastings Hayes Heck Hern, Kevin Hice (GA) Higgins (LA) Higgins (NY) Hill (AR) Himes Holding Hollingsworth Horn, Kendra S. Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hudson Huffman Huizenga Hurd (TX) Jackson Lee Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (LA) Johnson (OH) Johnson (SD) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kaptur Katko Keating Keller Kelly (IL) Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy Khanna Kildee Kim Kind King (IA) King (NY) Kinzinger Kirkpatrick Krishnamoorthi Kuster (NH) Kustoff (TN) LaHood LaMalfa Lamb Lamborn Langevin Larson (CT) Latta Lawson (FL) Lee (CA) Lee (NV) Lesko Levin (CA) Levin (MI) Lieu, Ted Lipinski Loebsack Lofgren Long Loudermilk Lowenthal Lowey Lucas Luetkemeyer Lujan Luria Lynch Malinowski Maloney, Carolyn B. Maloney, Sean Marshall Massie Mast Matsui McAdams McBath McCarthy McCaul McClintock McCollum McEachin McGovern McHenry McKinley McNerney Meadows Meeks Meng Meuser Miller Mitchell Moolenaar Mooney (WV) Moore Morelle Moulton Mucarsel-Powell Murphy (FL) Murphy (NC) Nadler Napolitano Neal Neguse Norcross Norman Norton Nunes O'Halleran Ocasio-Cortez Olson Omar Palazzo Pallone Palmer Panetta Pappas Pascrell Payne Pence Perlmutter Perry Peters Peterson Phillips Pingree Plaskett Pocan Porter Posey Pressley Price (NC) Quigley Radewagen Raskin Reed Reschenthaler Rice (NY) Rice (SC) Richmond Riggleman Roby Roe, David P. Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose (NY) Rouda Rouzer Roybal-Allard Ruiz Ruppersberger Rush Rutherford Ryan Sablan San Nicolas Sanchez Sarbanes Scalise Scanlon Schakowsky Schiff Schneider Schrader Schweikert Scott (VA) Scott, Austin Sensenbrenner Sewell (AL) Shalala Sherman Sherrill Shimkus Simpson Slotkin Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Soto [[Page H1517]] Spanberger Spano Speier Stanton Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Stevens Stewart Stivers Suozzi Swalwell (CA) Takano Taylor Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Thompson (PA) Thornberry Tipton Titus Tlaib Tonko Torres (CA) Torres Small (NM) Trahan Trone Turner Underwood Upton Van Drew Vargas Vela Velazquez Visclosky Wagner Walberg Walden Walker Walorski Waltz Wasserman Schultz Watkins Watson Coleman Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Welch Wenstrup Westerman Wexton Wild Williams Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Woodall Wright Yarmuth Yoho Young Zeldin NOT VOTING--32 Cheney Chu, Judy DelBene Gonzalez-Colon (PR) Green (TN) Grijalva Grothman Haaland Herrera Beutler Jayapal Johnson (TX) Kilmer Larsen (WA) Lawrence Lewis Marchant Mullin Newhouse Ratcliffe Rodgers (WA) Rooney (FL) Rose, John W. Roy Schrier Scott, David Serrano Sires Smith (WA) Timmons Veasey Waters Wilson (FL) {time} 1058 So the amendment was agreed to. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. Stated for: Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Mr. Chair, had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 88. Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Chair, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 88. The Acting CHAIR. There being no further amendments, under the rule, the Committee rises. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Neguse) having assumed the chair, Mr. Butterfield, Acting Chair of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 1140) to enhance the security operations of the Transportation Security Administration and stability of the transportation security workforce by applying the personnel system under title 5, United States Code, to employees of the Transportation Security Administration who provide screening of all passengers and property, and for other purposes, and, pursuant to House Resolution 877, he reported the bill, as amended by that resolution, back to the House with sundry further amendments adopted in the Committee of the Whole. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is ordered. Is a separate vote demanded on any further amendment reported from the Committee of the Whole? If not, the Chair will put them en gros. The amendments were agreed to. The SPEAKER pro tempore. 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 Mrs. LESKO. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentlewoman opposed to the bill? Mrs. LESKO. I am in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mrs. Lesko moves to recommit the bill H.R. 1140 to the Committee on Homeland Security with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with the following amendment: Add at the end of section 4 the following: (c) Rule of Construction.--During the transition period and after the conversion date, the Secretary shall ensure that the Transportation Security Administration continues to prevent the hiring of individuals who have been convicted of a sex crime, an offense involving a minor, a crime of violence, or terrorism. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from Arizona is recognized for 5 minutes in support of her motion. Mrs. LESKO. Mr. Speaker, I first want to say that the vast majority of TSA officers are good, hardworking professionals, but there are some bad actors. On February 6, 2020, the State of California announced the arrest and prosecution of a former TSA screener, resulting from an FBI investigation. According to the criminal complaint, the TSA screener used ``fraud or deceit to falsely imprison a woman going through security'' while stationed as a travel document checker at Los Angeles International Airport in June 2019. The screener insisted that the woman passenger needed extra screening in a private elevator, where he told the passenger to reveal her ``full breasts'' and to ``lift her pants and underwear.'' The victim in the case stated that she complied with the TSO's instructions out of fear. Fortunately, this offender was immediately fired by the TSA. However, under this bill, H.R. 1140, if it passed, this predator could be on the Federal payroll for months or even years. But this is not an isolated incident. In addition to the sexual predator at LAX, in the last 5 years alone, a screener in Boston was caught luring teenage girls into posing for nude photos; a screener at LaGuardia molested a female college student in the airport bathroom; and two screeners in Denver plotted to grope attractive men. My amendment is simple. It would enhance aviation security and protect the flying public by preventing the TSA from hiring any candidate with a history of sexual misconduct, offenses involving minors, or terrorism. This amendment is identical to an amendment offered by my Democratic colleague, Ms. Underwood, which was not offered here today. The Underwood amendment was made in order by the Rules Committee. The rule was supported by every Democrat in the House. Republicans strongly support the Underwood amendment. We were disappointed we did not have an opportunity to vote on it earlier. The Underwood amendment preserves the authority TSA currently has to prevent the hiring of candidates with a history of sexual misconduct, offenses involving minors, or terrorism. The Underwood amendment is so important because current law bars a litany of criminals from working in sensitive roles at airports. The amendment simply ensures that current safeguards remain in place. There is no reason that someone with a conviction for sexual assault or terrorism should be a TSA employee. To be clear, the Underwood amendment, my amendment, would prevent the hiring of sexual predators like Harvey Weinstein. We have two options today: adopt the Underwood amendment and keep sexual predators off the Federal payroll, or reject it and reward sexual predators with a paycheck from the taxpayers. Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to support the motion to recommit, and I yield back the balance of my time. Mrs. DEMINGS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this motion to recommit. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Florida is recognized for 5 minutes. Mrs. DEMINGS. Mr. Speaker, 47,000 Transportation Security officers just heard the comments of my colleague, Mrs. Lesko, and many of them we will see today as we cast our votes and fly home to our districts. I am sure many people on this House floor will say, ``Thank you for your service,'' to the 47,000 men and women who do the jobs to keep the flying public safe every day. The behavior that Mrs. Lesko cited from LAX, that is offensive to, I am sure, everyone in this room. But let me be clear: There is nothing in this bill that will allow the TSA to hire individuals who have been convicted of sex crimes or offenses against a minor, a crime of violence, or terrorism. And let me be clear. In the example, also, that she cited, there is nothing that would have precluded this person from being hired in the first place. The behavior took place after the person was hired. This is a red herring. We decided not to offer this amendment because it simply isn't necessary. TSA conducts rigorous background checks and will continue to do so. Now, let me say this: I was assigned to the Orlando International Airport as a police captain during 9/11, and I did not come today to play political games, and neither did the 242 cosponsors of this bill. Mr. Speaker, let me make this clear. A vote for this motion to recommit is a vote against the Transportation Security officers. They are the frontline [[Page H1518]] workers who worked through a government shutdown, without being paid, to keep America safe. They are still showing up today, each of them interacting with thousands of passengers even as we face a public health crisis. Today, you have a choice: move this bill forward and provide TSOs the basic rights and benefits they deserve, or deny them those rights. It is just that simple. Mr. Speaker, today, we have a bipartisan solution that will allow us to ensure that the workforce gets the same compensation, benefits, and protections as are available to most other Federal employees. It is about time that the TSA Federal workforce be treated like Federal employees. This is the time not to just say, ``We appreciate you,'' but to show them how much we appreciate them. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote against this motion and in support of the bill on final passage. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. 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. Mrs. LESKO. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 5- minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by a 5-minute vote on passage of the bill, if ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 227, nays 175, not voting 27, as follows: [Roll No. 89] YEAS--227 Abraham Aderholt Allen Amodei Armstrong Arrington Axne Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Banks Barr Bergman Biggs Bilirakis Bishop (NC) Bishop (UT) Bost Brady Brindisi Brooks (AL) Brooks (IN) Buchanan Buck Bucshon Budd Burchett Burgess Bustos Byrne Calvert Carter (GA) Carter (TX) Chabot Cisneros Cline Cloud Cole Collins (GA) Comer Conaway Cook Cox (CA) Craig Crawford Crenshaw Crist Crow Cunningham Curtis Davidson (OH) Davis, Rodney Delgado DesJarlais Deutch Diaz-Balart Duncan Dunn Emmer Estes Ferguson Finkenauer Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Flores Fortenberry Foxx (NC) Frankel Fulcher Gaetz Gallagher Gianforte Gibbs Gohmert Golden Gonzalez (OH) Gooden Gosar Gottheimer Granger Graves (GA) Graves (LA) Graves (MO) Griffith Grothman Guest Guthrie Hagedorn Harder (CA) Harris Hartzler Hern, Kevin Hice (GA) Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Holding Hollingsworth Horn, Kendra S. Houlahan Hudson Huizenga Hurd (TX) Johnson (LA) Johnson (OH) Johnson (SD) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Katko Keller Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kim King (IA) King (NY) Kinzinger Kuster (NH) Kustoff (TN) LaHood LaMalfa Lamb Lamborn Latta Lee (NV) Lesko Lipinski Long Loudermilk Lucas Luetkemeyer Luria Marshall Massie Mast McAdams McBath McCarthy McCaul McClintock McHenry McKinley Meadows Meuser Miller Mitchell Moolenaar Mooney (WV) Moulton Mucarsel-Powell Murphy (FL) Murphy (NC) Norman Nunes Olson Palazzo Palmer Pence Perry Peters Peterson Phillips Porter Posey Reed Reschenthaler Rice (SC) Riggleman Roby Roe, David P. Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose (NY) Rouda Rouzer Rutherford Scalise Schrader Schweikert Scott, Austin Sensenbrenner Sherrill Shimkus Simpson Slotkin Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Spanberger Spano Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Stewart Stivers Taylor Thompson (PA) Thornberry Tipton Torres Small (NM) Turner Underwood Upton Van Drew Wagner Walberg Walden Walker Walorski Waltz Watkins Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Wenstrup Westerman Wild Williams Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Woodall Wright Yoho Young Zeldin NAYS--175 Adams Aguilar Allred Amash Barragan Bass Beatty Bera Beyer Bishop (GA) Blumenauer Blunt Rochester Bonamici Boyle, Brendan F. Brown (MD) Brownley (CA) Butterfield Carbajal Cardenas Carson (IN) Cartwright Case Casten (IL) Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu, Judy Cicilline Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Clay Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Connolly Cooper Correa Costa Courtney Cuellar Davids (KS) Davis (CA) Davis, Danny K. Dean DeFazio DeGette DeLauro Demings DeSaulnier Dingell Doggett Doyle, Michael F. Engel Escobar Eshoo Espaillat Evans Fletcher Foster Fudge Gabbard Gallego Garamendi Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gomez Gonzalez (TX) Green, Al (TX) Haaland Hastings Hayes Heck Higgins (NY) Himes Horsford Hoyer Huffman Jackson Lee Jeffries Johnson (GA) Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kennedy Khanna Kildee Kind Kirkpatrick Krishnamoorthi Langevin Larson (CT) Lawson (FL) Lee (CA) Levin (CA) Levin (MI) Lieu, Ted Loebsack Lofgren Lowenthal Lowey Lujan Lynch Malinowski Maloney, Carolyn B. Maloney, Sean Matsui McCollum McEachin McGovern McNerney Meeks Meng Moore Morelle Nadler Napolitano Neal Neguse Norcross O'Halleran Ocasio-Cortez Omar Pallone Panetta Pappas Pascrell Payne Perlmutter Pingree Pocan Pressley Price (NC) Quigley Raskin Rice (NY) Richmond Roybal-Allard Ruiz Ruppersberger Rush Ryan Sanchez Sarbanes Scanlon Schakowsky Schiff Schneider Scott (VA) Serrano Sewell (AL) Shalala Sherman Soto Speier Stanton Stevens Suozzi Swalwell (CA) Takano Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Titus Tlaib Tonko Torres (CA) Trahan Trone Vargas Vela Velazquez Visclosky Wasserman Schultz Watson Coleman Welch Wexton Yarmuth NOT VOTING--27 Cheney DelBene Green (TN) Grijalva Herrera Beutler Jayapal Johnson (TX) Kilmer Larsen (WA) Lawrence Lewis Marchant Mullin Newhouse Ratcliffe Rodgers (WA) Rooney (FL) Rose, John W. Roy Schrier Scott, David Sires Smith (WA) Timmons Veasey Waters Wilson (FL) {time} 1119 Mr. COHEN changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.'' Mr. DEUTCH and Ms. FRANKEL changed their vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.'' So the motion to recommit was agreed to. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to the instructions of the House in the motion to recommit, I report the bill, H.R. 1140, back to the House with an amendment. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment offered by Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. Add at the end of section 4 the following: (c) Rule of Construction.--During the transition period and after the conversion date, the Secretary shall ensure that the Transportation Security Administration continues to prevent the hiring of individuals who have been convicted of a sex crime, an offense involving a minor, a crime of violence, or terrorism. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amendment. The amendment was agreed to. The SPEAKER pro tempore. 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. 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. Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 230, nays 171, not voting 28, as follows: [Roll No. 90] YEAS--230 Adams Aguilar Allred Axne Bacon Barragan Bass Beatty Bera Beyer Bishop (GA) Blumenauer Blunt Rochester Bonamici Boyle, Brendan F. Brindisi Brown (MD) Brownley (CA) Bustos Butterfield Carbajal Cardenas Carson (IN) Cartwright Case Casten (IL) Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu, Judy Cicilline Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Clay Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Connolly Cooper Correa Costa Courtney Cox (CA) Craig Crist Crow Cuellar [[Page H1519]] Cunningham Davids (KS) Davis (CA) Davis, Danny K. Davis, Rodney Dean DeFazio DeGette DeLauro Delgado Demings DeSaulnier Deutch Dingell Doggett Doyle, Michael F. Engel Escobar Eshoo Espaillat Evans Finkenauer Fitzpatrick Fletcher Foster Frankel Fudge Gabbard Gallego Garamendi Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Golden Gomez Gonzalez (OH) Gonzalez (TX) Gottheimer Green, Al (TX) Haaland Harder (CA) Hastings Hayes Heck Higgins (NY) Himes Horn, Kendra S. Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Huffman Jackson Lee Jeffries Johnson (GA) Joyce (OH) Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kennedy Khanna Kildee Kim Kind King (NY) Kirkpatrick Krishnamoorthi Kuster (NH) Lamb Langevin Larson (CT) Lawson (FL) Lee (CA) Lee (NV) Levin (CA) Levin (MI) Lieu, Ted Lipinski Loebsack Lofgren Lowenthal Lowey Lujan Luria Lynch Malinowski Maloney, Carolyn B. Maloney, Sean Mast Matsui McAdams McBath McCollum McEachin McGovern McKinley McNerney Meeks Meng Moore Morelle Moulton Mucarsel-Powell Murphy (FL) Nadler Napolitano Neal Neguse Norcross O'Halleran Ocasio-Cortez Omar Pallone Panetta Pappas Pascrell Payne Perlmutter Peters Peterson Phillips Pingree Pocan Porter Pressley Price (NC) Quigley Raskin Reed Rice (NY) Richmond Rose (NY) Rouda Roybal-Allard Ruiz Ruppersberger Rush Ryan Sanchez Sarbanes Scanlon Schakowsky Schiff Schneider Schrader Scott (VA) Serrano Sewell (AL) Shalala Sherman Sherrill Slotkin Smith (NJ) Soto Spanberger Speier Stanton Stauber Stevens Suozzi Swalwell (CA) Takano Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Titus Tlaib Tonko Torres (CA) Torres Small (NM) Trahan Trone Underwood Van Drew Vargas Vela Velazquez Visclosky Wasserman Schultz Watson Coleman Welch Wexton Wild Yarmuth Young Zeldin NAYS--171 Abraham Aderholt Allen Amash Amodei Armstrong Arrington Babin Baird Balderson Banks Barr Bergman Biggs Bilirakis Bishop (NC) Bishop (UT) Bost Brady Brooks (AL) Brooks (IN) Buchanan Buck Bucshon Budd Burchett Burgess Byrne Calvert Carter (GA) Carter (TX) Chabot Cline Cloud Cole Collins (GA) Comer Conaway Cook Crawford Crenshaw Curtis Davidson (OH) DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Duncan Dunn Emmer Estes Ferguson Fleischmann Flores Fortenberry Foxx (NC) Fulcher Gaetz Gallagher Gianforte Gibbs Gohmert Gooden Gosar Granger Graves (GA) Graves (LA) Graves (MO) Griffith Grothman Guest Guthrie Hagedorn Harris Hartzler Hern, Kevin Hice (GA) Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Holding Hollingsworth Hudson Huizenga Hurd (TX) Johnson (LA) Johnson (OH) Johnson (SD) Jordan Joyce (PA) Katko Keller Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) King (IA) Kinzinger Kustoff (TN) LaHood LaMalfa Lamborn Latta Lesko Long Loudermilk Lucas Luetkemeyer Marshall Massie McCarthy McCaul McClintock McHenry Meadows Meuser Miller Mitchell Moolenaar Mooney (WV) Murphy (NC) Norman Nunes Olson Palazzo Palmer Pence Posey Reschenthaler Rice (SC) Riggleman Roby Roe, David P. Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rouzer Rutherford Scalise Schweikert Scott, Austin Sensenbrenner Shimkus Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smucker Spano Stefanik Steil Steube Stewart Stivers Taylor Thompson (PA) Thornberry Tipton Turner Upton Wagner Walberg Walden Walker Walorski Waltz Watkins Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Wenstrup Westerman Williams Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Woodall Wright Yoho NOT VOTING--28 Cheney DelBene Green (TN) Grijalva Herrera Beutler Jayapal Johnson (TX) Kilmer Larsen (WA) Lawrence Lewis Marchant Mullin Newhouse Perry Ratcliffe Rodgers (WA) Rooney (FL) Rose, John W. Roy Schrier Scott, David Sires Smith (WA) Timmons Veasey Waters Wilson (FL) {time} 1131 So the bill was passed. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. Personal Explanation Mrs. LAWRENCE. Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, on March 5, 2020, I was not able to cast my votes during the vote series due to a family emergency. Had I been in attendance, I would have voted: 1. YES on Amendment No. 7, Cisneros (D-CA)--Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to prioritize the hiring of veterans and related preference eligible individuals, including disabled veterans and widows or widowers of veterans, for positions within the Transportation Security Administration; 2. YES on Amendment No. 9, Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL) [on behalf of Schrier (D-WA)]--Would ensure the Administrator of TSA in coordination with the Director of CDC and NIAID shall ensure that TSA employees are provided the proper guidance regarding prevention and protections against coronavirus, including guidance and resources; 3. NO on Republican Motion to Recommit; and 4. YES on Final Passage of H.R. 1140--Rights for Transportation Security Officers Act of 2020. personal explanation Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to vote due to extenuating circumstances. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 87, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 88, ``nay'' on rollcall No. 89, and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 90. PERSONAL EXPLANATION Mr. LARSEN of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I was not present at votes on Thursday, March 5, as I was travelling back to Washington state to meet with coronavirus response leaders. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on Roll Call No. 87 (Cisneros Amendment), ``yea'' on Roll Call No. 88 (Mucarsel-Powell/Schrier Amendment), ``nay'' on Roll Call No. 89 (Motion to Recommit), and ``yea'' on Roll Call No. 90 (Final passage of H.R. 1140) because the bill strengthens workplace rights for Transportation Security Officers, improving job conditions, and enhancing the security of the traveling public. personal explanation Ms. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, from Monday, March 2, to Thursday, March 5, I was not able to make the recorded votes below. Had I been present, I would have voted: ``yea'' on rollcall No. 90, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 89, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 88, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 87, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 86, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 85, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 84, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 83, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 82, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 81, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 80, and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 79. ____________________
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