EMERGENCY REPORTING ACT

On 2026-04-20, Representative Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34) delivered a floor speech titled "EMERGENCY REPORTING ACT" in the House. The speech addressed housing. It referenced legislation: HR5200.

EMERGENCY REPORTING ACT

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 69 (Monday, April 20, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 69 (Monday, April 20, 2026)] [House] [Pages H2980-H2981] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] EMERGENCY REPORTING ACT The SPEAKER. 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. 5200) to direct the Federal Communications Commission to issue reports after activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System and to make improvements to network outage reporting, and for other purposes, 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 Georgia (Mr. Allen) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 386, nays 7, not voting 38, as follows: [Roll No. 126] YEAS--386 Adams Aderholt Aguilar Alford Allen Amo Amodei (NV) Arrington Auchincloss Babin Bacon Balderson Balint Barragan Barrett Baumgartner Bean (FL) Beatty Begich Bell Bentz Bera Bergman Beyer Bice Biggs (SC) Bilirakis Bishop Boebert Bonamici Boyle (PA) Brecheen Bresnahan Brown Budzinski Bynum Calvert Cammack Carbajal Carey Carson Carter (GA) Carter (LA) Carter (TX) Case Casten Castor (FL) Castro (TX) Chu Ciscomani Cisneros Clark (MA) Clarke (NY) Cleaver Clyburn Clyde Cohen Cole Collins Comer Conaway Correa Costa Courtney Craig Crane Crank Crawford Crockett Crow Cuellar Davids (KS) Davidson Davis (IL) Davis (NC) Dean (PA) DeGette DeLauro DelBene Deluzio DeSaulnier DesJarlais Dexter Diaz-Balart Dingell Doggett Donalds Downing Dunn (FL) Edwards Elfreth Ellzey Emmer Escobar Espaillat Estes 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 Fulcher Fuller Garamendi Garbarino Garcia (CA) Garcia (IL) Garcia (TX) Gill (TX) Gillen Gimenez Golden (ME) Goldman (TX) Gonzalez, V. Gooden Goodlander Gosar Graves Gray Green, Al (TX) Grijalva Grothman Guest Guthrie Hageman Hamadeh (AZ) Harder (CA) Haridopolos Harris (NC) Harshbarger Hayes Higgins (LA) Hill (AR) Himes Hinson Horsford Houchin Houlahan Hoyer Hoyle (OR) Hudson Huffman Huizenga Hunt Hurd (CO) Issa Jack Jackson (IL) Jackson (TX) Jacobs James Jayapal Jeffries Johnson (GA) Johnson (TX) Jordan Joyce (OH) Joyce (PA) Kaptur Keating Kelly (IL) Kelly (MS) Kelly (PA) Kennedy (NY) Kennedy (UT) Khanna Kiggans (VA) Kiley (CA) Kim Knott Krishnamoorthi Kustoff LaHood LaLota Landsman Langworthy Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Latimer Latta Lawler Lee (FL) Lee (NV) Lee (PA) Leger Fernandez Letlow Levin Liccardo Lieu Lofgren Loudermilk Lucas Luna Luttrell Lynch Mackenzie Magaziner Malliotakis Maloy Mann Mannion Mast Matsui McBath McBride McClain Delaney [[Page H2981]] McClellan McClintock McCollum McCormick McDonald Rivet McDowell McGarvey McGovern McIver Meeks Mejia Menefee Menendez Messmer Meuser Miller (IL) Miller (OH) Miller (WV) Miller-Meeks Mills Min Moolenaar Moore (AL) Moore (NC) Moore (UT) Moore (WI) Moore (WV) Moran Morelle Morrison Moskowitz Mrvan Mullin Murphy Nadler Neal Neguse Newhouse Norcross Nunn (IA) Obernolte Ocasio-Cortez Ogles Olszewski Omar Onder Owens Pallone Palmer Panetta Pappas Patronis Pelosi Perez Perry Peters Pettersen Pfluger Pingree Pocan Pou Pressley Quigley Ramirez Randall Raskin Reschenthaler Riley (NY) Rivas Rogers (AL) Rogers (KY) Rose Ross Rouzer Ruiz Rulli Rutherford Ryan Salazar Salinas Sanchez Scalise Scanlon Schmidt Schneider Scholten Schrier Schweikert Scott (VA) Scott, Austin Scott, David Sessions Sewell Sherman Shreve Simon Simpson Smith (MO) Smith (NE) Smith (NJ) Smucker Sorensen Soto Spartz Stansbury Stanton Stauber Steil Steube Stevens Strickland Strong Stutzman Subramanyam Suozzi Sykes Takano Taylor Tenney Thanedar Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Thompson (PA) Timmons Titus Tlaib Tokuda Tonko Torres (CA) Torres (NY) Trahan Tran Turner (OH) Underwood Valadao Van Drew Van Duyne Van Epps Van Orden Vargas Vasquez Veasey Velazquez Vindman Wagner Walberg Walkinshaw Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Weber (TX) Westerman Whitesides Wied Williams (GA) Williams (TX) Wilson (SC) Wittman Womack Yakym Zinke NAYS--7 Burlison Cloud Harrigan Harris (MD) Massie Roy Self NOT VOTING--38 Ansari Baird Barr Biggs (AZ) Bost Brownley Buchanan Burchett Casar Cherfilus-McCormick Cline Crenshaw De La Cruz Fletcher Goldman (NY) Gomez Gottheimer Griffith Hern (OK) Ivey Johnson (SD) Kamlager-Dove Kean Mace McCaul McClain McGuire Meng Mfume Moulton Nehls Norman Schakowsky Smith (WA) Stefanik Tiffany Webster (FL) Wilson (FL) {time} 1919 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. 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. 125 and YEA on Roll Call No. 126. PERSONAL EXPLANATION Mr. GOMEZ. Mr. Speaker, I was not recorded today on Roll Call Nos. 125 and 126. Had I been present, I would have voted ``YEA'' on Roll Call Nos. 125 and 126. ____________________

Referenced legislation: HR5200, HR5200