PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4690, RELIABLE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACT; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H. RES. 1182, EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AS...

On 2026-04-22, Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13) delivered a floor speech titled "PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4690, RELIABLE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACT; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H. RES. 11" in the House. The speech addressed the environment and also covered housing, infrastructure. It referenced legislation including HR4690, HR1897, HR5587, among other bills.

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4690, RELIABLE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACT; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H. RES. 1182, EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AS...

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)] [House] [Pages H3050-H3052] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4690, RELIABLE FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACT; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H. RES. 1182, EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AS STEWARDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT, MAJOR SUPPLIERS OF UNITED STATES ENERGY RESOURCES, CRITICAL PROVIDERS OF FOOD PRODUCTION AND MANUFACTURING CAPACITY, AND DRIVERS OF NATIONAL ECONOMIC STABILITY, AND RECOGNIZING THE WORK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE 119TH CONGRESS IN SUPPORT OF THOSE VITAL COMMUNITIES; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 1897, ESA AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2025; AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5587, HARNESSING ENERGY AT THERMAL SOURCES ACT OF 2026 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfinished business is the vote on ordering the previous question on the resolution (H. Res. 1189) providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4690) to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to repeal certain Federal building energy efficiency performance standards, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1182) expressing support for rural communities across the United States as stewards of the environment, major suppliers of United States energy resources, critical providers of food production and manufacturing capacity, and drivers of national economic stability, and recognizing the work of the House of Representatives in the 119th Congress in support of those vital communities; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1897) to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to optimize conservation through resource prioritization, incentivize wildlife conservation on private lands, provide for greater incentives to recover listed species, create greater transparency and accountability in recovering listed species, streamline the permitting process, eliminate barriers to conservation, and restore congressional intent; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5587) to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to waive the requirement for a Federal drilling permit for certain activities, to exempt certain activities from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and for other purposes, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous question. [[Page H3051]] The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 180, nays 179, not voting 72, as follows: [Roll No. 130] YEAS--180 Allen Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Barr Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Begich Bentz Bergman Biggs (AZ) Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Boebert Bost Brecheen Bresnahan Buchanan Burchett Burlison Cammack Carey Carter (GA) Collins Comer Crane Crank Crawford Crenshaw Davidson DesJarlais Donalds Downing Dunn (FL) Emmer Estes Evans (CO) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Fine Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Flood Fong Foxx Fry Fulcher Fuller Garbarino Gill (TX) Gimenez Goldman (TX) Gooden Gosar Graves Griffith Grothman Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hern (OK) Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Houchin Hudson Huizenga Hunt Hurd (CO) Issa Jack Jackson (TX) James Johnson (LA) Johnson (SD) Jordan Joyce (PA) Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (UT) Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim Knott Kustoff LaHood Langworthy Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Letlow Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Mackenzie Malliotakis Mann Massie Mast McCaul McClain McClintock McCormick McDowell McGuire Messmer Meuser Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moran Murphy Nehls Norman Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ogles Onder Owens Palmer Patronis Perry Pfluger Rogers (AL) Rose Rouzer Roy Rulli Salazar Scalise Schmidt Schweikert Scott, Austin Self Sessions Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Spartz Stauber Steil Steube Stutzman Taylor Tenney Thompson (PA) Tiffany Timmons Turner (OH) Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Wagner Walberg Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Wied Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Yakym NAYS--179 Adams Amo Ansari Auchincloss Balint Barragan Beatty Bell Bera Beyer Bonamici Boyle (PA) Brown Budzinski Bynum Carbajal Carson Carter (LA) Casar Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Cohen Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crockett Crow Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Davis (NC) DeGette DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Dingell Doggett Elfreth Evans (PA) Fields Figures Fletcher Foster Friedman Frost Garamendi Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Gillen Goldman (NY) Gomez Gonzalez, V. Goodlander Gottheimer Gray Green, Al (TX) Grijalva Hayes Himes Horsford Houlahan Hoyle (OR) Huffman Jackson (IL) Jacobs Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (TX) Kamlager-Dove Keating Kelly (IL) Kennedy (NY) Khanna Krishnamoorthi Landsman Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Lynch Magaziner Mannion Matsui McBath McBride McClain Delaney McClellan McDonald Rivet McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Mfume Min Moore (WI) Morrison Moskowitz Moulton Mullin Nadler Neal Neguse Norcross Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Pallone Panetta Pappas Pelosi Peters Pettersen Pou Pressley Ramirez Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rivas Ross Ruiz Ryan Salinas Sanchez Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Scholten Schrier Scott (VA) Sewell Sherman Simon Smith (WA) Sorensen Soto Stansbury Stanton Stevens Strickland Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Walkinshaw Waters Whitesides Williams (GA) NOT VOTING--72 Aderholt Aguilar Alford Amodei (NV) Bice Bishop Brownley Calvert Carter (TX) Case Ciscomani Cline Cloud Clyburn Clyde Cole Cuellar De La Cruz Dean (PA) DeLauro Diaz-Balart Edwards Ellzey Escobar Espaillat Fleischmann Foushee Frankel, Lois Franklin, Scott Garcia (TX) Golden (ME) Guest Harder (CA) Harris (MD) Hinson Hoyer Ivey Joyce (OH) Kaptur Kean LaLota Lee (NV) Levin Mace Maloy McCollum Meng Moolenaar Moore (WV) Morelle Mrvan Newhouse Perez Pingree Pocan Quigley Reschenthaler Rogers (KY) Rutherford Scott, David Shreve Simpson Stefanik Strong Torres (CA) Underwood Valadao Wasserman Schultz Watson Coleman Wilson (FL) Womack Zinke {time} 1205 Messrs. MAGAZINER and VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas and Ms. SCHOLTEN changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.'' Messrs. SELF and BAUMGARTNER changed their vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.'' So the previous question was ordered. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. Stated against: Mr. ESPAILLAT. Mr. Speaker, I was at the Appropriations vote or the DACA Amendment and was held up at the committee. Had I been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 130. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I was in committee voting on DACA. Had I been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 130. Ms. LEE of Nevada. Mr. Speaker, I was in committee voting on DACA. Had I been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 130. Mr. IVEY. Mr. Speaker, I was in the Appropriation Committee voting on an amendment related to DACA. Had I been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 130. Ms. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, like other Members of the Committee on Appropriations, I missed a vote because I was participating in a markup of the FY2027 Financial Services and General Government bill. Had I been present, I would have voted Nay on Roll Call No. 130. Ms. PEREZ. Mr. Speaker, on Roll Call No. 130, I unfortunately missed a vote due to Appropriations Committee activity. I intended to vote Nay. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it. Recorded Vote Mr. McGOVERN. 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 14, as follows: [Roll No. 131] AYES--211 Aderholt Alford Allen 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 DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Donalds Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Ellzey Emmer Estes Evans (CO) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Fine Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Flood Fong Foxx Franklin, Scott Fry Fulcher Fuller Garbarino Gill (TX) Gimenez Goldman (TX) Gooden Graves 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 (LA) Johnson (SD) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (UT) Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim Knott Kustoff LaHood LaLota Langworthy Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Letlow Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Mackenzie Malliotakis Maloy Mann Massie 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 Rutherford Salazar Scalise Schmidt Schweikert Scott, Austin 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 

Referenced legislation: HRES1182, HRES1182, HRES1189, HR1897, HR4690, HR5587