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Download official House Record PDFReturn to issue contextNOTICE OF INTENTION TO OFFER MOTION TO DISCHARGE COMMITTEE ON RULES
FROM FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 965
Ms. PRESSLEY. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(c) of rule XV, I rise to provide notice of my intent to offer a motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from further consideration of House Resolution 965.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Did the gentlewoman sign the petition?
Ms. PRESSLEY. I did, Mr. Speaker.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from Massachusetts to offer the motion just noticed.
Does the gentlewoman offer the motion to discharge?
Ms. PRESSLEY. I do.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Massachusetts calls up a motion to discharge the Committee on Rules from further consideration of House Resolution 965.
The Clerk will report the title of the resolution.
The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Pressley) will be recognized for 10 minutes and the gentleman from California (Mr. McClintock) will be recognized for 10 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Massachusetts.
Ms. PRESSLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to make a motion to discharge H.R. 1689 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.
American public. I strongly urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan effort and vote “yes.”
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I oppose this motion, and I yield back the balance of my time.
Ms. PRESSLEY. Mr. Speaker, I support this motion, and I urge my colleagues, including the 218 Members from both sides of the aisle who signed this discharge petition, to vote “yes.”
I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
Massachusetts to discharge the Committee on Rules from the further consideration of House Resolution 965.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the noes appeared to have it.
Ms. PRESSLEY. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
Roll No. 113
YEAS—219
Adams
Aguilar
Amo
Ansari
Auchincloss
Bacon
Balint
Barragan
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
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
Fitzpatrick
Fletcher
Foster
Foushee
Frankel, Lois
Friedman
Frost
Garamendi
Garcia (CA)
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gillen
Gimenez
Golden (ME)
Goldman (NY)
Gomez
Gonzalez, V.
Goodlander
Gottheimer
Gray
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Harder (CA)
Hayes
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
Kiley (CA)
Krishnamoorthi
Landsman
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latimer
Lawler
Lee (NV)
Lee (PA)
Leger Fernandez
Levin
Liccardo
Lieu
Lofgren
Lynch
Magaziner
Malliotakis
Mannion
Matsui
McBath
McBride
McClain Delaney
McClellan
McCollum
McDonald Rivet
McGarvey
McGovern
McIver
Meeks
Menefee
Menendez
Meng
Mfume
Min
Moore (WI)
Morelle
Morrison
Moskowitz
Moulton
Mrvan
Mullin
Nadler
Neal
Neguse
Norcross
Ocasio-Cortez
Olszewski
Omar
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pelosi
Perez
Peters
Pettersen
Pingree
Pocan
Pou
Pressley
Quigley
Ramirez
Randall
Raskin
Riley (NY)
Rivas
Ross
Ruiz
Ryan
Salazar
Salinas
Sanchez
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schneider
Schrier
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
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 (CA)
Torres (NY)
Trahan
Tran
Underwood
Vargas
Vasquez
Veasey
Velazquez
Vindman
Walkinshaw
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson Coleman
Whitesides
Williams (GA)
Wilson (FL)
NAYS—209
Aderholt
Alford
Allen
Amodei (NV)
Arrington
Babin
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
De La Cruz
DesJarlais
Diaz-Balart
Donalds
Downing
Dunn (FL)
Edwards
Ellzey
Emmer
Estes
Evans (CO)
Ezell
Fallon
Fedorchak
Feenstra
Fine
Finstad
Fischbach
Fitzgerald
Fleischmann
Flood
Fong
Foxx
Franklin, Scott
Fry
Fulcher
Fuller
Garbarino
Gill (TX)
Goldman (TX)
Gooden
Gosar
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)
Kim
Knott
Kustoff
LaHood
LaLota
Langworthy
Latta
Lee (FL)
Letlow
Loudermilk
Lucas
Luna
Luttrell
Mackenzie
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
Scalise
Schmidt
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Self
Sessions
Shreve
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smucker
Spartz
Stauber
Stefanik
Steil
Steube
Strong
Stutzman
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Tiffany
Timmons
Turner (OH)
Valadao
Van Drew
Van Duyne
Van Epps
Van Orden
Wagner
Walberg
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Westerman
Wied
Williams (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yakym
Zinke
NOT VOTING—3
Kean
Mace
Scholten
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So the motion to discharge was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
personal explanation
Ms. SCHOLTEN. Mr. Speaker, I missed votes today, due to inclement weather. Had I been present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call No. 111, No on Roll Call No. 112, and YEA on Roll Call No. 113.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Stutzman). The Clerk will report the resolution.
The Clerk read as follows:
H. Res. 965
Resolved, That immediately upon adoption of this
resolution, the House shall proceed to the consideration in
the House of the bill (H.R. 1689) to require the Secretary of
Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected
status. All points of order against consideration of the bill
are waived. The amendment in the nature of a substitute
specified in section 4 of this resolution shall be considered
as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as
read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as
amended, are waived. The previous question shall be
considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any
further amendment thereto, to final passage without
intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally
divided and controlled by the majority leader and minority
leader or their respective designees; and (2) one motion to
recommit.
Sec. 2. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX and clause 8 of rule XX
shall not apply to the consideration of H.R. 1689.
Sec. 3. The Clerk shall transmit to the Senate a message
that the House has passed H.R. 1689 no later than one week
after passage.
Sec. 4. The amendment in the nature of a substitute
referred to in the first section of this resolution is as
follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
“SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF HAITI FOR TEMPORARY PROTECTED
STATUS.
“Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
of Homeland Security shall designate Haiti for temporary
protected status until the date that is 3 months after
January 20, 2029.”.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Massachusetts is recognized for 1 hour.
Ms. PRESSLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
General Leave
Ms. PRESSLEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members be given 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Massachusetts?
There was no objection.
Ms. PRESSLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in unequivocal support of this vote. I am immensely grateful to the Members who supported my discharge petition on both sides of the aisle and the broad, intergenerational and multiracial coalition of justice seekers throughout the country who power this movement, and my indefatigable staff, my A team, who power this work.
ABIC, faith leaders like the Conference of Catholic Bishops, civil rights groups like Black Lives Matter Grassroots, IFC, and so many more, who have joined the movement to extend TPS for Haiti.
Now, this issue, Mr. Speaker, is not the most glamorous, and I don't fault anyone at home who perhaps has never heard of this, but for those who know those three letters, TPS, they know it is life-changing.
Temporary protected status is a legal status for 1.3 million immigrants in the United States. The application process is arduous, requiring piles of paperwork, undergoing a background check, spending hundreds of dollars, and coming from one of the few countries on the list, like Haiti or Venezuela.
passed. That is why this vote is so urgent. That is why I filed the discharge petition, and that is why Democrats, Republicans, and an Independent have come together to take action.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote “yes” to extend temporary protected status for Haitians who are living in the United States and building a future that will help all of us.
shared her personal story with me. Rebecca moved to the United States in 2010, not by choice, but out of necessity following the catastrophic earthquake that killed more people than any other earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere.
overtaken by
political violence and instability. After surviving multiple kidnapping attempts, out of desperation Rebecca made the same decision that any of us would make in her position. She immigrated to the United States. She quickly enrolled in school to learn English. She obtained a job to support herself and her family.
certified nursing assistant. She told me that she cares for her patients with great joy, pride, and dedication.
Mr. Speaker, let the record reflect that 20 percent of Haitians in the United States, that is one in five, work in healthcare, bridging the critical workforce gaps that define our caregiving crisis.
nor fear of being deported solely because of where she was born. She told me that she cannot return to Haiti, and she has no other place to go.
Mr. Speaker, Rebecca's letter ended with two words that no person wishes they would ever need to use: Please help.
Massachusetts, for the teacher in Ohio, for the entrepreneur in Florida, and the more than 350,000 Haitian TPS holders whose lives hang in the balance.
Congress can help. Congress can do the right thing. There is nothing stopping us. Congress, right now and right here, can vote to save lives.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote “yes.”
Ms. GILLEN. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, Representative Pressley, for her leadership on this issue and her yielding me time.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of this resolution to advance H.R. 1689, the bipartisan bill extending TPS for Haitians.
Haiti Caucus, for her leadership on today's discharge petition. I am grateful for her partnership to protect our Haitian neighbors and friends.
the country, and we are incredibly proud of that. Haitian Long Islanders are part of the very fabric of our communities. Haitians work in critical sectors like healthcare, education and caregiving, supporting our elderly and working in local hospitals. Many have built private businesses and enriched our faith community.
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constituents in my district that I would use my voice and work with anyone in any party to help protect this community and their existing legal status here in the United States.
it would hurt our economy, so as soon as I got to Congress, the very first bill that I introduced was a bipartisan bill to extend TPS for Haitians because protecting our friends and neighbors should be a bipartisan concern.
gentleman from New York (Mr. Lawler). I am thankful for his leadership on this issue, as well.
The U.S. State Department claims it is too dangerous for American citizens to go to Haiti because of kidnapping, gang violence, and widespread chaos, but yet the administration has said it is safe for Haitians to return there. How can we say that when the State Department has a “Level 4: Do not travel” advisory on its own website?
return to their country and would like to return there when it is safe to do so. However, the safety and economic security that they need to rebuild their lives there is nonexistent. I urge my colleagues to vote “yes.”
Ms. PRESSLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick).
Mrs. CHERFILUS-McCORMICK. Mr. Speaker, I would like to say a special thank you to the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Pressley) for uniting the Caucus and Congress and passing this and getting the signatures.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak on behalf of all the Haitian Americans in the United States and not just on their behalf, but on behalf of other Americans also who have businesses. I want us to look at this not just from a humanitarian perspective but also the economic damage which will happen to our country if we were, in fact, to expel over 350,000 Haitian Americans on TPS.
Haitian TPS holders contribute nearly $6 billion annually to the U.S. economy. Haitian TPS holders pay taxes. They pay $1.5 billion in Federal taxes, supporting Social Security, Medicare, and public health projects. They are active, compliant contributors to our economy.
labor force and shrink local economies across the country. Deportation is not fiscally responsible. It is economic sabotage.
There is another way. We can push legislation that would allow a transition, maybe for them to have green cards while we educate Americans to replace these jobs. However, rushing for expulsion or rushing to push them out of the country without an economic plan would only hurt our Nation, our businesses, and us.
Let's look at all the contributions that they have given. We have already stated that Haitian people actually possess more than 20 percent of the jobs in healthcare throughout the Nation, but that is not the end of the story.
engineering and construction. We all agree that there is a huge housing problem right now. Who is building those homes? Those are our TPS people, who are here and who are working adamantly.
forward with expelling all the Haitian TPS recipients because it would only do us harm.
economic plan to not just create job skills training for Americans, which Americans are asking for direly right now. They want to work. They want to be a part of the economy, and we should give them permanent residency.
Ms. PRESSLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 10 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Clarke).
Ms. CLARKE of New York. Mr. Speaker, let me add my voice to that of those who have thanked both Representative Gillen and, of course, Representative Pressley for their leadership and their stewardship in bringing us to this day.
Mr. Speaker, I rise on this day as just one out of many voices proclaiming that we will not stand idly by as 5,400 Haitian TPS holders in New York City and approximately 345,000 others across America who we have come to call our neighbors, friends, and loved ones are forced back to the same gang violence, exploitation, chaos, and instability that they once narrowly escaped with their lives.
administration, which knows full well of our Haitian neighbors' plight yet does not seek to alleviate their pain. Instead, they hope only to become an active participant in it.
been created by the Trump administration and its leadership, these are not innocent families and children struggling for freedom and yearning for any semblance of safety, but instead are nothing more than numbers to fuel their ever-cruel, forever-hungry deportation machine.
dedicated themselves to contributing to this Nation. They have built businesses, built families, and built up their communities. Through their undeniable strength of character and resilient spirit, they have become an inseparable part of our city and country's social fabric. If anyone would like an example of what it truly means to be a good and decent American, let's look towards Haitian Americans and the families up the street.
extend protections for our most vulnerable neighbors at this most perilous time. Thus far, our call has gone unanswered.
and pretending we are silent, let this bipartisan discharge petition serve as a blaring beacon that even he cannot ignore.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to make the moral decision to pass this necessary humanitarian legislation, protect our Haitian neighbors from certain devastation, and vote “yes” on this resolution.
Ms. PRESSLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Frost).
Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in support of extending temporary protective status for Haitian nationals living in the United States.
populations of Haitians live in the country. They are facing a humanitarian disaster and crisis, and we are facing a clear humanitarian and policy problem.
find in the entire world. While hundreds of thousands of Haitian nationals live in the United States, Haiti remains in severe crisis and a horrible humanitarian situation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitian nationals in the United States are living and working under temporary protective status, and now that is at risk.
Conditions in Haiti are not safe to return. Armed groups control parts of the country. Access to food, medical care, and basic security remains deeply unstable. Deporting or forcing families to return under these conditions would be dangerous and unjust.
communities and societies. They are working, raising families, and contributing to our economy and neighborhoods every day.
instability to continue or whether we will act. That is where this discharge petition comes in. The normal legislative process has failed to move this important issue forward, but this discharge petition has succeeded in forcing the House to finally consider legislation to extend TPS for more than 350,000 Haitian nationals. It is important we keep that in mind.
350,000 of our neighbors to a country that is deeply unstable and dangerous.
urgency of the issue. Now it is time to follow through with action. A vote in favor of this measure provides stability for families, communities, and for critical parts of our workforce.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
Ms. PRESSLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the gentleman from Florida.
Mr. FROST. A vote in favor of this measure provides stability to families for communities and critical parts of our workforce. A vote against it sends people into conditions that we know are unsafe.
This work does not end here. We hope that in the future we can do the same thing for Venezuelan nationals. I am proud to be a part of this fight right now following the leadership of Representative Ayanna Pressley.
Ms. PRESSLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. A vote against this resolution is a vote against our country's best interests, plain and simple, but don't just take my word for it, Mr. Speaker. Republicans in the executive branch agree.
administration has designated Haiti as a “Level 4: Do not travel (Code Red)” because of the multilayered humanitarian crises of natural disasters, gang violence, and political instability impacting the island.
knows that. In fact, when he was in the Senate, it was Rubio who authored the very legislation we are voting on today.
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It is not just him who agrees. The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, has repeatedly discussed the dire conditions of Haiti and its strategic importance to our national security.
believes we should be working to stabilize Haiti. He knows that the international effort to restore order in Port-au-Prince would be undermined if we deported hundreds of thousands of Haitians to the island.
This isn't just about foreign policy. Secretary Kennedy of the Department of Health and Human Services said something families across the country already know too well: America is facing a caregiver crisis. If we were to deport Haitians, we would lose even more nurses, aides, and caregivers that we desperately need. Those jobs can't be replaced by AI. The solution is clear.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote “yes” to extend TPS because it is the economic thing to do. It is the strategic thing to do. It is the humane thing to do. But most of all, it is the right thing to do.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution.
The previous question is ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on adoption of the resolution.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the noes appeared to have it.
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following appeared: The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous question. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the noes appeared to have it.
The online version has been corrected to read: The previous question is ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on adoption of the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the noes appeared to have it.
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Ms. PRESSLEY. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question will be postponed.