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21ST CENTURY ROAD TO HOUSING ACT--Motion to Proceed

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On 2026-06-16, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) delivered a floor speech titled "21ST CENTURY ROAD TO HOUSING ACT--Motion To Proceed" in the Senate.

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21ST CENTURY ROAD TO HOUSING ACT--Motion to Proceed

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 101 (Tuesday, June 16, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 101 (Tuesday, June 16, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S2815] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] 21ST CENTURY ROAD TO HOUSING ACT--Motion to Proceed Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. Mr. President, I understand that the Senate has received a message from the House to accompany H.R. 6644. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. I ask the Chair lay before the Senate the House message to accompany H.R. 6644, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. Mr. BARRASSO. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell). Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 87, nays 8, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 175 Leg.] YEAS--87 Alsobrooks Baldwin Banks Barrasso Blackburn Blumenthal Blunt Rochester Boozman Britt Budd Cantwell Capito Cassidy Collins Coons Cornyn Cortez Masto Cotton Cramer Crapo Curtis Daines Duckworth Durbin Ernst Fetterman Fischer Gallego Gillibrand Graham Grassley Hagerty Hassan Heinrich Hickenlooper Hirono Hoeven Husted Hyde-Smith Justice Kaine Kelly Kennedy Kim King Klobuchar Lankford Lujan Lummis Markey Marshall McCormick Merkley Moody Moran Moreno Murkowski Murphy Murray Ossoff Padilla Peters Reed Ricketts Risch Rosen Rounds Schatz Schiff Schmitt Schumer Scott (SC) Shaheen Sheehy Slotkin Smith Sullivan Thune Tillis Van Hollen Warner Warnock Warren Welch Whitehouse Wicker Wyden NAYS--8 Armstrong Cruz Johnson Lee Paul Scott (FL) Tuberville Young NOT VOTING--5 Bennet Booker Hawley McConnell Sanders The motion was agreed to. ____________________

Referenced legislation: HR6644, HR6644

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21ST CENTURY ROAD TO HOUSING ACT--Motion to Proceed Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 101 (Tuesday, June 16, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 101 (Tuesday, June 16, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S2815] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] 21ST CENTURY ROAD TO HOUSING ACT--Motion to Proceed Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. Mr. President, I understand that the Senate has received a message from the House to accompany H.R. 6644. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina. I ask the Chair lay before the Senate the House message to accompany H.R. 6644, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. Mr. BARRASSO. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Hawley) and the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. McConnell). Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 87, nays 8, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 175 Leg.] YEAS--87 Alsobrooks Baldwin Banks Barrasso Blackburn Blumenthal Blunt Rochester Boozman Britt Budd Cantwell Capito Cassidy Collins Coons Cornyn Cortez Masto Cotton Cramer Crapo Curtis Daines Duckworth Durbin Ernst Fetterman Fischer Gallego Gillibrand Graham Grassley Hagerty Hassan Heinrich Hickenlooper Hirono Hoeven Husted Hyde-Smith Justice Kaine Kelly Kennedy Kim King Klobuchar Lankford Lujan Lummis Markey Marshall McCormick Merkley Moody Moran Moreno Murkowski Murphy Murray Ossoff Padilla Peters Reed Ricketts Risch Rosen Rounds Schatz Schiff Schmitt Schumer Scott (SC) Shaheen Sheehy Slotkin Smith Sullivan Thune Tillis Van Hollen Warner Warnock Warren Welch Whitehouse Wicker Wyden NAYS--8 Armstrong Cruz Johnson Lee Paul Scott (FL) Tuberville Young NOT VOTING--5 Bennet Booker Hawley McConnell Sanders The motion was agreed to. ____________________ Referenced legislation: HR6644, HR6644