DEFENDING EDUCATION TRANSPARENCY AND ENDING ROGUE REGIMES ENGAGING IN NEFARIOUS TRANSACTIONS ACT

On 2025-03-27, Representative Vince Fong (R-CA-20) delivered a floor speech titled "DEFENDING EDUCATION TRANSPARENCY AND ENDING ROGUE REGIMES ENGAGING IN NEFARIOUS TRANSACTIONS ACT" in the House. The speech addressed the economy and also covered education, housing. It referenced legislation including HR1048, HRES242.

DEFENDING EDUCATION TRANSPARENCY AND ENDING ROGUE REGIMES ENGAGING IN NEFARIOUS TRANSACTIONS ACT

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 56 (Thursday, March 27, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 56 (Thursday, March 27, 2025)] [House] [Pages H1312-H1316] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] DEFENDING EDUCATION TRANSPARENCY AND ENDING ROGUE REGIMES ENGAGING IN NEFARIOUS TRANSACTIONS ACT The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Yakym). Pursuant to House Resolution 242 and rule XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the bill, H.R. 1048. Will the gentleman from California (Mr. Obernolte) kindly take the chair. {time} 1026 In the Committee of the Whole Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the bill (H.R. 1048) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to strengthen disclosure requirements relating to foreign gifts and contracts, to prohibit contracts between institutions of higher education and certain foreign entities and countries of concern, and for other purposes, with Mr. Obernolte (Acting Chair) in the chair. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, a request for a recorded vote on amendment No. 6 printed in House Report 119-38 offered by the gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Tlaib) had been postponed. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will now resume on those amendments printed in House Report 119-38 on which further proceedings were postponed, in the following order: Amendment No. 3 by Mr. Scott of Virginia. Amendment No. 4 by Mr. Self of Texas. Amendment No. 5 by Ms. Tlaib of Michigan. Amendment No. 6 by Ms. Tlaib of Michigan. The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote in this series. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Scott of Virginia The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on amendment No. 3, printed in House Report 119-38, offered by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott), [[Page H1313]] on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment. Recorded Vote The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded. A recorded vote was ordered. The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 199, noes 214, not voting 23, as follows: [Roll No. 79] AYES--199 Adams Aguilar Amo Auchincloss Balint Beatty Bell Bera Beyer Bishop Bonamici Boyle (PA) Brown Brownley Budzinski Bynum Carbajal Carson Carter (LA) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Cherfilus-McCormick Chu Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Conaway Connolly Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crockett Crow Cuellar Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Davis (NC) Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Dingell Doggett Elfreth Escobar Espaillat Evans (PA) Fields Figures Fletcher Foster Foushee Frankel, Lois Friedman Frost Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gillen Golden (ME) Gomez Gonzalez, V. Goodlander Gray Green, Al (TX) Harder (CA) Hayes Hernandez Himes Horsford Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Huffman Ivey Jackson (IL) Jacobs Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (TX) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kennedy (NY) Khanna Krishnamoorthi Landsman Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Lynch Magaziner Mannion Matsui McBride McClain Delaney McClellan McCollum McDonald Rivet McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Menendez Meng Mfume Min Moore (WI) Morelle Morrison Moulton Mrvan Mullin Nadler Neguse Norcross Norton Ocasio-Cortez Olszewski Omar Pallone Panetta Pappas Perez Peters Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Randall Raskin Riley (NY) Rivas Ross Ruiz Ryan Salinas Sanchez Scanlon Schakowsky Schneider Scholten Schrier Scott (VA) Scott, David Sewell Sherman Simon Smith (WA) Sorensen Soto Stanton Stevens Strickland Subramanyam Suozzi Swalwell Sykes Takano Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Underwood Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Whitesides Williams (GA) Wilson (FL) NOES--214 Aderholt Alford Allen Arrington Babin Bacon Baird Balderson Barr Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Begich Bentz 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 De La Cruz DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Donalds Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Ellzey Emmer Estes Evans (CO) Ezell Fallon Fedorchak Feenstra Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Flood Foxx Franklin, Scott Fry Fulcher Garbarino Gill (TX) Gimenez Goldman (NY) Goldman (TX) Gonzales, Tony Gooden Gosar Gottheimer Graves Green (TN) Greene (GA) 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 James Johnson (SD) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kean Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (UT) Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim King-Hinds Knott Kustoff LaHood LaLota LaMalfa Langworthy Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Letlow Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Mace Mackenzie Malliotakis Maloy Mann Massie Mast 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 Moskowitz Murphy Nehls Newhouse Norman Obernolte Ogles Onder Owens Palmer Perry Pfluger Reschenthaler Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Rouzer Roy Rulli Rutherford Salazar Scalise Schmidt Schweikert Scott, Austin Self 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 Orden Wagner Walberg Weber (TX) Webster (FL) Westerman Wied Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke NOT VOTING--23 Amodei (NV) Ansari Barragan Bergman Fong Garamendi Garcia (CA) Jackson (TX) Leger Fernandez McBath McCaul Moylan Neal Nunn (IA) Pelosi Pettersen Pingree Plaskett Radewagen Ramirez Sherrill Stansbury Stefanik Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining. {time} 1030 Messrs. TURNER of Ohio, ELLZEY, and Mrs. BICE changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.'' Mr. JACKSON of Illinois changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.'' So the amendment was rejected. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Self The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on amendment No. 4, printed in House Report 119-38, offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Self), on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment. Recorded Vote The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded. A recorded vote was ordered. The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 92, noes 321, not voting 23, as follows: [Roll No. 80] AYES--92 Arrington Babin Balderson Barr Bean (FL) Biggs (AZ) Biggs (SC) Boebert Brecheen Burchett Burlison Cammack Carter (TX) Cline Cloud Clyde Collins Comer Crane Crank Davidson De La Cruz DesJarlais Donalds Downing Edwards Emmer Estes Ezell Fallon Finstad Fischbach Fitzgerald Franklin, Scott Fry Fulcher Gill (TX) Gonzales, Tony Gosar Green (TN) Greene (GA) Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Harrigan Harris (MD) Harshbarger Hern (OK) Higgins (LA) Hunt Jack Jordan Joyce (PA) Kelly (MS) Kustoff Langworthy Luna Luttrell Mackenzie Mann Massie Mast McCormick McDowell McGuire Miller (IL) Mills Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (WV) Moran Nehls Norman Ogles Perry Reschenthaler Rose Roy Scalise Schmidt Schweikert Self Stauber Steube Tenney Tiffany Timmons Van Duyne Weber (TX) Wied Wilson (SC) Yakym Zinke NOES--321 Adams Aderholt Aguilar Alford Allen Amo Auchincloss Bacon Baird Balint Barrett Baumgartner Beatty Begich Bell Bentz Bera Beyer Bice Bilirakis Bishop Bonamici Bost Boyle (PA) Bresnahan Brown Brownley Buchanan Budzinski Bynum Calvert Carbajal Carey Carson Carter (GA) Carter (LA) Casar Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Cherfilus-McCormick Chu Ciscomani Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Cohen Cole Conaway Connolly Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crawford Crenshaw Crockett Crow Cuellar Davids (KS) Davis (IL) Davis (NC) Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier Dexter Diaz-Balart Dingell Doggett Dunn (FL) Elfreth Ellzey Escobar Espaillat Evans (CO) Evans (PA) Fedorchak Feenstra Fields Figures Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Fletcher Flood Foster Foushee Foxx Frankel, Lois Friedman Frost Garbarino Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gillen Gimenez Golden (ME) Goldman (NY) Goldman (TX) Gomez Gooden Goodlander Gottheimer Graves Gray Green, Al (TX) Griffith Grothman Guest Guthrie Harder (CA) Haridopolos Harris (NC) Hayes Hernandez Hill (AR) Himes [[Page H1314]] Hinson Horsford Houchin Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Hudson Huffman Huizenga Hurd (CO) Issa Ivey Jackson (IL) Jacobs James Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (SD) Johnson (TX) Joyce (OH) Kamlager-Dove Kaptur Kean Keating Kelly (IL) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (NY) Kennedy (UT) Khanna Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim King-Hinds Knott Krishnamoorthi LaHood LaLota LaMalfa Landsman Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Letlow Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Loudermilk Lucas Lynch Mace Magaziner Malliotakis Maloy Mannion Matsui McBride McClain McClain Delaney McClellan McClintock McCollum McDonald Rivet McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Menendez Meng Messmer Meuser Mfume

Referenced legislation: HRES242, HRES242, HR1048