MOBILIZING AND ENHANCING GEORGIA'S OPTIONS FOR BUILDING ACCOUNTABILITY, RESILIENCE, AND INDEPENDENCE ACT

On 2025-05-05, Representative Nick LaLota (R-NY-1) delivered a floor speech titled "MOBILIZING AND ENHANCING GEORGIA'S OPTIONS FOR BUILDING ACCOUNTABILITY, RESILIENCE, AND INDEPENDENCE ACT" in the House.

MOBILIZING AND ENHANCING GEORGIA'S OPTIONS FOR BUILDING ACCOUNTABILITY, RESILIENCE, AND INDEPENDENCE ACT

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 74 (Monday, May 5, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 74 (Monday, May 5, 2025)] [House] [Pages H1840-H1841] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] MOBILIZING AND ENHANCING GEORGIA'S OPTIONS FOR BUILDING ACCOUNTABILITY, RESILIENCE, AND INDEPENDENCE ACT The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 36) to counter the influence of the Chinese Communist Party, the Iranian Regime, and the Russian Federation in the nation of Georgia, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Mast) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 349, nays 42, not voting 42, as follows: [Roll No. 116] YEAS--349 Adams Aguilar Allen Amo Amodei (NV) Ansari Arrington Auchincloss Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Balint Barr Barragan Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Beatty Begich Bell Bentz Bera Bergman Beyer Bice Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Bishop Bonamici Bost Boyle (PA) Bresnahan Brown Brownley Budzinski Bynum Calvert Cammack Carbajal Carey Carter (GA) Carter (LA) Case Casten Castor (FL) Cherfilus-McCormick Chu Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Cole Comer Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crank Crawford Crenshaw Crockett Cuellar Davids (KS) Davis (NC) De La Cruz Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Diaz-Balart Dingell Donalds Downing Edwards Elfreth Ellzey Emmer Escobar Espaillat Estes Evans (CO) Evans (PA) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Fields Figures Fine Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Fletcher Flood Fong Foster Foushee Foxx Frankel, Lois Franklin, Scott Friedman Frost Fry Fulcher Garamendi Garbarino Garcia (CA) Garcia (TX) Gillen Gimenez Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Goldman (TX) Gomez Gonzales, Tony Gonzalez, V. Gooden Goodlander Graves Gray Green (TN) Green, Al (TX) Griffith Guest Guthrie Harder (CA) Haridopolos Harshbarger Hayes Hern (OK) Hill (AR) Himes Hinson Horsford Houchin Houlahan Hoyle (OR) Hudson Huffman Huizenga Hurd (CO) Issa Ivey Jack Jacobs Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (LA) Johnson (TX) Jordan Joyce (OH) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Kean Keating Kelly (IL) Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (NY) Kennedy (UT) Khanna Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim Krishnamoorthi Kustoff LaHood Landsman Langworthy Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Lee (NV) Leger Fernandez Letlow Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Loudermilk Lucas Luttrell Mackenzie Magaziner Malliotakis Maloy Mann Mannion Mast Matsui McBath McBride McCaul McClain McClain Delaney McClellan McCollum McCormick McDonald Rivet McDowell McGarvey McIver Menendez Messmer Meuser Mfume Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Min Moolenaar Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moran Morrison Moskowitz Mrvan Mullin Murphy Nadler Neal Neguse Newhouse Nunn (IA) Obernolte Olszewski Owens Pallone Palmer Panetta Pappas Patronis Pelosi Perez Peters Pettersen Pfluger Pingree Pocan Pou Quigley Randall Raskin Reschenthaler Riley (NY) Rivas Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Ross Rouzer Ruiz Rutherford Ryan Salazar Salinas Sanchez Scalise Scanlon Schmidt Schneider Scholten Schrier Scott (VA) Scott, Austin Scott, David Self Sessions Sewell Sherman Shreve Simon Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smith (WA) Smucker Sorensen Soto Spartz Stansbury Stanton Stauber Stefanik Steil Steube Stevens [[Page H1841]] Strickland Strong Stutzman Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Taylor Tenney Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Thompson (PA) Tiffany Timmons Titus Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Tran Turner (OH) Underwood Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Orden Vargas Vasquez Veasey Vindman Wagner Walberg Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Whitesides Williams (GA) Williams (TX) Wilson (FL) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke NAYS--42 Biggs (AZ) Boebert Brecheen Burchett Cline Cloud Clyde Collins Crane Davidson Gill (TX) Gosar Greene (GA) Grothman Hageman Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Higgins (LA) Johnson (GA) Joyce (PA) Knott Lee (PA) Luna Massie McGuire Moore (AL) Moore (WV) Nehls Norman Ocasio-Cortez Ogles Omar Onder Perry Pressley Ramirez Roy Rulli Tlaib Velazquez Wied NOT VOTING--42 Aderholt Alford Buchanan Burlison Carson Carter (TX) Casar Castro (TX) Ciscomani Connolly Crow Davis (IL) DesJarlais Doggett Dunn (FL) Garcia (IL) Gottheimer Hamadeh (AZ) Hoyer Hunt Jackson (IL) Jackson (TX) James Johnson (SD) LaLota LaMalfa Lynch Mace McClintock McGovern Meeks Meng Moore (WI) Morelle Moulton Norcross Schakowsky Schweikert Sherrill Swalwell Torres (NY) Trahan Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). There are 2 minutes remaining. {time} 1856 So (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and 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 Mr. LaLOTA. Madam Speaker, I regret to have missed these votes. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 115 and YEA on Roll Call No. 116. PERSONAL EXPLANATION Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Madam Speaker, my apologies for not voting in person today. My flight was delayed. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 115, H.R. 530, and YEA on Roll Call No. 116, H.R. 36. personal explanation Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, my flight was =========================== NOTE =========================== On page H1841, May 5, 2025, in the first column, the following appeared: Mr. LAMALFA. Mr. Speaker, my flight was The online version has been corrected to read: Mr. LAMALFA. Madam Speaker, my flight was ========================= END NOTE ========================= delayed at both ends. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 115 and YEA on Roll Call No. 116. ____________________

Referenced legislation: HR36, HR36, HR530