CLERGY ACT

On 2026-04-27, Representative Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10) delivered a floor speech titled "CLERGY ACT" in the House. The speech addressed taxes and also covered housing, Social Security. It referenced legislation including HR227, HR7959.

CLERGY ACT

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 73 (Monday, April 27, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 73 (Monday, April 27, 2026)] [House] [Pages H3118-H3119] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] CLERGY 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. 227) to allow a period in which members of the clergy may revoke their exemption from Social Security coverage, and for other purposes, as amended, 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 Ohio (Mr. Carey) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 350, nays 5, not voting 74, as follows: [Roll No. 139] YEAS--350 Adams Aguilar Alford Allen Amo Amodei (NV) Ansari Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Balint Barragan Barrett Bean (FL) Beatty Bell Bentz Bera Bergman Beyer Bice Biggs (AZ) Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Bonamici Boyle (PA) Brecheen Bresnahan Brown Brownley Budzinski Burlison Bynum Calvert Cammack Carbajal Carey Carson Carter (LA) Carter (TX) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Cline Clyburn Clyde Cohen Cole Collins Comer Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crane Crank Crawford Crockett Crow Cuellar Davids (KS) Davidson Davis (NC) De La Cruz Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier DesJarlais Dexter Diaz-Balart Dingell Doggett Downing Edwards Elfreth Ellzey Emmer Escobar Espaillat Evans (CO) Evans (PA) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Fields Figures Fine Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Flood Fong Foster Foushee Foxx Frankel, Lois Franklin, Scott Friedman Frost Fry Fuller Garamendi Garcia (IL) Gill (TX) Gillen Gimenez Golden (ME) Goldman (TX) Gonzalez, V. Gooden Goodlander Gosar Gottheimer Graves Green, Al (TX) Griffith Grijalva Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Harder (CA) Haridopolos Harrigan Harris (MD) Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hayes Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Himes Hinson Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Hudson Huffman Huizenga Hurd (CO) Issa Ivey Jack Jackson (IL) Jackson (TX) Jacobs Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (TX) Jordan Joyce (PA) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Kelly (IL) Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (NY) Kennedy (UT) Khanna Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim Knott Krishnamoorthi Kustoff LaLota Landsman Langworthy Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Latta Lee (FL) Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Letlow Levin Lieu Lofgren Lucas Luttrell Mace Mackenzie Magaziner Malliotakis Maloy Mann Mannion Massie Matsui McBath McClain McClain Delaney McClellan McClintock McCollum McCormick McDonald Rivet McDowell McGarvey McGovern McGuire McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Meng Messmer Meuser Mfume Miller (IL) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Min Moolenaar Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WI) Moore (WV) Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Mrvan Mullin Murphy Nadler Neguse Nehls Newhouse Norcross Norman Obernolte Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Onder Owens Pallone Palmer Panetta Pappas Patronis Perez Perry Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Reschenthaler Riley (NY) Rivas Rogers (KY) Rose Ross Ruiz Rulli Rutherford Ryan Salinas Sanchez Scalise Scanlon Schmidt Schneider Schrier Schweikert Scott (VA) Scott, Austin Sessions Sewell Sherman Shreve Simon Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Soto Spartz Stansbury Stanton Stauber Steube Stevens Strong Stutzman Subramanyam Sykes Takano Taylor Tenney [[Page H3119]] Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Thompson (PA) Timmons Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Trahan Tran Turner (OH) Underwood Valadao Van Duyne Van Epps Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Walberg Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Watson Coleman Weber (TX) Westerman Whitesides Wied Williams (GA) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym NAYS--5 Boebert Burchett Fletcher Roy Self NOT VOTING--74 Aderholt Auchincloss Barr Baumgartner Begich Bishop Bost Buchanan Carter (GA) Ciscomani Cisneros Cloud Crenshaw Davis (IL) Donalds Dunn (FL) Estes Fulcher Garbarino Garcia (CA) Garcia (TX) Goldman (NY) Gomez Gray Grothman Hern (OK) Houchin Hunt James Johnson (SD) Joyce (OH) Kean Keating LaHood Lawler Liccardo Loudermilk Luna Lynch Mast McBride McCaul Miller (OH) Moran Moulton Neal Nunn (IA) Ogles Pelosi Peters Pettersen Pfluger Raskin Rogers (AL) Rouzer Salazar Schakowsky Scholten Smith (WA) Sorensen Stefanik Steil Strickland Suozzi Tiffany Torres (NY) Van Drew Van Orden Wagner Waters Webster (FL) Williams (TX) Wilson (FL) Zinke {time} 1909 So (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. Personal Explanation Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to vote during the vote series today. Had I been able to vote, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 138, Passage of H.R. 7959, IRS Whistleblower Program Improvement Act, and YEA on Roll Call No. 139, Passage of H.R. 227, Clergy Act. Personal Explanation Mr. GOLDMAN of New York. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to vote today, due to a commitment in my Congressional district. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 138 and YEA on Roll Call No. 139. PERSONAL EXPLANATION Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to make it back to D.C. for votes today. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 138 and YEA on Roll Call No. 139. PERSONAL EXPLANATION Ms. SCHOLTEN. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to vote today. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 138 and YEA on Roll Call No. 139. PERSONAL EXPLANATION Mr. GOMEZ. Mr. Speaker, I was not recorded on Roll Call Nos. 138 and 139. Had I been present, I would have voted ``YEA'' on Roll Call No. 138 and ``YEA'' on Roll Call No. 139. PERSONAL EXPLANATION Mr. STEIL. Mr. Speaker, I was not present during the following House votes today due to a flight delay. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 138 and YEA on Roll Call No. 139. Personal Explanation Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I had a late flight. Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 138 and YEA on Roll Call No. 139. ____________________

Referenced legislation: HR227, HR227, HR7959