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FLOOD INSURANCE REFORM AND MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2007 -- (House of Representatives - September 27, 2007)Page: H10956
IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, preliminarily, I recognize myself for...
Ms. WATERS. Mr. Chairman and Members, I rise in strong support of H.R. 3121,...
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Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself as much time as I may consume.
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Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may...
Mrs. CAPITO. I yield 4 minutes to one of the original authors of the bill that...
Mrs. BIGGERT. Mr. Chairman, I would like to express congratulations to the...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. I reserve the balance of my time.
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the representative from...
Mr. ROSKAM. I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.
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Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume...
Mr. TAYLOR. I want to thank Chairman Frank, Chairwoman...
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Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from South...
Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina. I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman...
Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time...
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Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, it is my pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, I yield an additional minute to the...
Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman for...
Mr. Frank, as you recall during the committee process before we...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, will the gentlewoman yield?
Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts.
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. I must say, Mr. Chairman, the gentlewoman asks for...
Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. I look forward to continuing this ongoing...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, I have no further requests for time,...
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to Mr. Gilchrest from...
Mr. GILCHREST. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and thank...
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr....
Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me this time.
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Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from North...
Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Chairman, I thank my colleague from West Virginia for...
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia...
Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding the time, and...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 2 minutes to take up...
Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. I yield to the gentleman from Georgia.
Mr. KINGSTON. If they want to make a profit from it, then we should not let...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. It is not in our power to tell them not to take a...
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Mr. KINGSTON. Keep in mind, we did not even have a flood program until recent...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. I'll take back my time to say that's irrelevant. We...
Mr. KINGSTON. Let me say this, we were not in the Federal flood insurance...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. I will take back my time, Mr. Chairman, to say that...
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Georgia.
Mr. KINGSTON. Let me say this, I would love to continue this dialogue and...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute to say that...
Mr. TAYLOR. Mr. Chairman, I'd like to remind the gentleman from Georgia that...
Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. TAYLOR. I yield to the gentleman from Georgia.
Mr. KINGSTON. Because as I understand it, Trent Lott lost a family...
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I yield the remaining time to close to someone who...
Mr. BAKER. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding and wish to...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. BAKER. I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts.
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. His point about the flood insurance not being...
Mr. BAKER. If I may reclaim, I would only make the observation that both flood...
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Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. But not according to CBO, I would say to the...
Mr. BAKER. Well, we have a dispute.
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, I submit the following exchange of...
Mr. PAUL. Mr. Chairman, Madam Speaker, I am pleased to lend my support to two...
Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of H.R. 3121. This bill,...
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Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the Cardoza-Ross-Reyes...
Mr. HOLT. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of H.R. 3121, the Flood...
Mr. BACA. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my...
Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I am very concerned about the need to...
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``PROHIBITION AGAINST DUPLICATIVE COVERAGE
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AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MR. FRANK OF MASSACHUSETTS
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
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Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, this is an amendment unanimously...
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I rise to claim time in opposition, although I am...
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank the chairman for working with...
Mr. LaTOURETTE. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlelady for yielding, and...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman is welcome. I reserve...
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr....
Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. Chairman, of all the irresponsible, bad ideas cooked up by...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, it might be superfluous, but I would...
Mr. CULBERSON. It is on the bill.
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. The gentleman, I hope, would wait to be recognized....
Mrs. CAPITO. I yield my remaining time to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr....
Mr. KINGSTON. I thank the gentlewoman for yielding and I thank my friend from...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. First of all, I agree. I thought he was talking...
Mr. KINGSTON. Reclaiming the time. I do believe that you have set a great...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MR. CARDOZA
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Mr. CARDOZA. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
Mr. CARDOZA. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 3 1/2 minutes.
Ms. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I rise to claim time in opposition, although I am not...
Ms. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr....
Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. Chairman, I wanted to ask the author of the amendment and...
Mr. CARDOZA. I would say there are several Republican boondoggles that we have...
Mr. CULBERSON. Please name one.
Mr. CARDOZA. The drug program. The unheard of tax cuts that were not paid for....
Mr. CULBERSON. Tax cuts pay for themselves by growth in the economy.
Mr. CARDOZA. That is not what the Congressional Budget Office says.
Mr. CULBERSON. Reclaiming my time. When people have more of their own money to...
Mr. TAYLOR. Sure. No more than I challenge the question as to whether or not...
Mr. CULBERSON. Which I voted against.
Mr. TAYLOR. Which increased the liability of the taxpayers for over $1 trillion...
Mr. CULBERSON. Reclaiming my time. The Republican leadership might have bent...
Mr. CARDOZA. Mr. Chairman, I recognize my colleague from Texas (Mr....
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Mr. REYES. Thank you, Congressman Cardoza and Congressman...
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I would like to yield my remaining time to the...
Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Chairman, maybe somebody in the majority party could clarify...
Mr. CARDOZA. This amendment applies to levees.
Mr. KINGSTON. Does it apply to the wind storm policy? And here's why I'm...
Mr. CARDOZA. This amendment's intent is to cover folks who are in flood areas...
Mr. KINGSTON. Well, if the gentleman will let me ask, and I'll yield back to...
Mr. CARDOZA. My amendment is silent to the wind coverage, sir. It doesn't speak...
Mr. KINGSTON. But am I correct that when my lender requires me to carry the...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. If the gentleman would yield.
Mr. CARDOZA. I would yield.
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. I just double-checked with the staff, and there is...
Mr. KINGSTON. Would they have to be in the amendment?
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. The language is, in the case of any area that...
Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Cardoza said it was silent on it, which it sounds...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. If the gentleman would yield to me one second,...
Mr. KINGSTON. Maybe if Mr. Frank could finish that sentence.
Mr. CARDOZA. I yield my remaining time to the chairman of the committee, Mr....
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. The law is the law. The amendment would change...
Mr. KINGSTON. But in a multi-peril policy, you're only getting one premium.
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Oh, no. The gentleman is wrong. The gentleman...
Mr. TAYLOR. Since you were in the business, you know that if you have a...
AMENDMENT NO. 3 OFFERED BY MS. CASTOR
Ms. CASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
Ms. CASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself as much time as I might consume.
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Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I rise to claim the time in opposition, although I...
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman...
Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Chairman, I find it ironic, actually, that this amendment,...
Ms. CASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the comments of my colleague from...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, at a meeting of the committee, I...
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Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Ms. CASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I will reserve the balance of my time until it is...
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr....
Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. Chairman, I'd like to ask the author of the amendment if...
Ms. CASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I yield 30 seconds to the chairman of the committee.
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. First, Mr. Chairman, I hope the gentleman from...
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I have no further requests for time, and I yield...
Ms. CASTOR. Mr. Chairman, just to close, rather than any attention placed on...
AMENDMENT NO. 4 OFFERED BY MS. CASTOR
Ms. CASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
Ms. CASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I would like to claim time in opposition, although I...
Mrs. CAPITO. I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr....
Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Chairman, I just want to say I'm confused here. This is...
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Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. As the gentleman knows, I was opposed to the Rules...
Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Chairman, I reclaim my time.
Ms. CASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I yield 30 seconds to the chairman.
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, to answer the direct question by the...
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr....
Mr. KINGSTON. Let me restate. Right now it is a fact homeowners and lenders are...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. KINGSTON. I yield to the gentleman.
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. In the first place, the flood part...
Mr. KINGSTON. Let me reclaim my time just to bite on that piece of the apple.
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. If you don't like the answer, don't ask the question.
Mr. KINGSTON. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, let me say this. We just passed...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. KINGSTON. Yes.
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. The amendment that you are talking about...
Mr. KINGSTON. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, just to emphasize this point....
Ms. CASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to my colleague from Oregon (Mr....
Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Chairman, I am actually encouraged by some of the common...
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I have no further requests for time, and I yield...
Ms. CASTOR. Mr. Chairman, the Federal multi-peril option must not be an...
AMENDMENT NO. 5 OFFERED BY MR. BLUMENAUER
Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Chairman, I am, in fact, encouraged with some of the...
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Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
Mrs. CAPITO. I would like to ask the author of this amendment a couple of...
Mr. BLUMENAUER. Excellent question. Around the world, scientists are a part of...
Mrs. CAPITO. Well, my question would be, if that's available to FEMA now to be...
Mr. BLUMENAUER. As my friend, Mr. Baker, pointed out when he was...
Mrs. CAPITO. Then going further from what you're saying, is what you're really...
Mr. BLUMENAUER. What we're saying now is that we are in a world that everybody...
Mrs. CAPITO. Thank you. I have a lot of questions about the answer to the...
Mr. KINGSTON. I want to say to my friend, I actually think that you're feeling...
Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Chairman, may I inquire as to the time remaining.
Mr. BLUMENAUER. Let me just take 30 seconds here.
Mrs. CAPITO. I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Georgia.
Mr. KINGSTON. I want to say to my friend, again, I support what you're after; I...
Mrs. CAPITO. I think the gentleman's amendment has great merit, but I question...
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Mr. BLUMENAUER. In conclusion, Mr. Chairman, I understand the reticence that my...
Mr. WELCH of Vermont. Mr. Chairman, first, I want to thank the gentleman from...
AMENDMENT NO. 6 OFFERED BY MR. PATRICK J. MURPHY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
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Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 2 minutes.
Mr. ARCURI. Mr. Chairman, I rise to join my good friend from Pennsylvania (Mr....
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Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I would like to claim time in opposition to the...
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I would like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman...
Mr. CULBERSON. I am glad we are considering this amendment to have FEMA give us...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. CULBERSON. I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts.
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Virtually every piece of legislation we deal with,...
Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance...
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I yield my remaining time to the gentleman from...
Mr. CULBERSON. In response to the distinguished chairman's point that the...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. CULBERSON. I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts.
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. The mistakes the gentleman makes are these; the...
Mr. CULBERSON. This is a brand new liability that we are passing on to my...
AMENDMENT NO. 7 OFFERED BY MR. TAYLOR
Mr. TAYLOR. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
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Mr. TAYLOR. Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairman of the committee for allowing...
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in opposition to this amendment offered...
Mr. TAYLOR. First, Mr. Chairman, I would like to encourage the gentlewoman,...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman, and I regret...
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I take heed to the gentleman's words from Michigan,...
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A ROBUST PRIVATE MARKET FOR WIND COVERAGE ALREADY EXISTS
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FEDERAL TAXPAYERS WILL SUBSIDIZE COASTAL INSURED'S
THE NFIP IS NOT EQUIPPED TO OFFER WIND INSURANCE
ALL STATE AND FEDERAL DISASTER INSURANCE PROGRAMS OPERATE AT AN EXPECTED LOSS
Mr. TAYLOR. Mr. Chairman, I very much appreciate the gentlewoman's remarks. I...
Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
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AMENDMENT NO. 8 OFFERED BY MR. TAYLOR
Mr. TAYLOR. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
Mr. TAYLOR. Mr. Chairman, in the course of today's debate, a lot of Members are...
Mr. TAYLOR. I yield the remainder of my time to the chairman of the committee.
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, this is actually a very conciliatory...
Mr. TAYLOR. I yield back the balance of my time.
AMENDMENT NO. 9 OFFERED BY MR. COSTELLO
Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself as much time as I may consume.
Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to my friend from Illinois (Mr....
Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Chairman, I want to commend my colleague, Congressman...
Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Chairman, I urge adoption of my amendment, and I yield back...
AMENDMENT NO. 10 OFFERED BY MR. GENE GREEN OF TEXAS
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of H.R. 3121,...
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. I yield to the Chair of the committee. ...
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Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, I just want to thank the gentleman...
Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
AMENDMENT NO. 11 OFFERED BY MR. BERRY
Mr. BERRY. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
Mr. BERRY. Mr. Chairman, first of all, I want to thank the distinguished...
Mrs. EMERSON. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition, although I am not...
Mrs. EMERSON. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr....
Mr. BERRY. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to my colleague from south Arkansas...
Mr. ROSS. Mr. Chairman, I thank Mr. Berry for offering this amendment....
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Mrs. EMERSON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from central...
Mr. HULSHOF. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate my colleague from the Show Me State for...
Mr. BERRY. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate very much the bipartisan way this...
Mrs. EMERSON. Mr. Chairman, I too want to thank Mr. Berry and the...
Mr. COSTELLO. Mr. Chairman, I am offering an amendment with my colleagues that...
Mrs. EMERSON. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
AMENDMENT NO. 12 OFFERED BY MR. WALZ OF MINNESOTA
Mr. WALZ of Minnesota. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
Mr. WALZ of Minnesota. Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairman of the committee and...
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AMENDMENT NO. 13 OFFERED BY MR. STARK
Mr. STARK. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
Mr. STARK. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. BURTON of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the...
Mr. STARK. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIRMAN
AMENDMENT NO. 7 OFFERED BY MR. TAYLOR
RECORDED VOTE
Mr. PEARCE changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida and Mr. BONNER changed their vote from ``no''...
MOTION TO RECOMMIT OFFERED BY MRS. BACHMANN
Mrs. BACHMANN. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion to recommit.
Mrs. BACHMANN. In its current form, I am.
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, I reserve a point of order.
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Mrs. BACHMANN. Mr. Speaker, today, over 5 million Americans rely on the...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. No, Mr. Speaker, I do not press the point of order.
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. I am opposed to the motion. I would press, instead,...
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. And the logic is this: we have a proposal that came...
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RECORDED VOTE
Mrs. BACHMANN. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
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Mr. CONAWAY changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''

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