RULE BILLS
**A rule bill is a bill passed through a full House vote under a rule that has been voted and agreed upon by the Rules Committee. Rule bills require a simple majority of the House to pass (218 votes) through a recorded vote.

Result and Date	Bill #	Bill Title	My Vote	What it means for you and your family
12/10/19 PASSED 262-151	H.R. 729	Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act	NO	This package will cost taxpayers upwards of $1.4 billion and duplicates existing authorities.
12/11/19 PASSED 260-165-1	H.R. 5038	Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019	YES	Click here to see my full statement.

SUSPENSION BILLS

**A suspension bill is a bill passed by the House through suspending the rules to move quickly, circumventing the House Rules Committee. Suspension bills are typically less controversial pieces of legislation, and as the rules are being suspended, they require a higher threshold, two-thirds of those voting in the House, to pass. Additionally, these bills are often passed by a voice vote, without a formal roll call vote.

Result and Date	Bill #	Bill Title	My Vote	What it means for you and your family
12/9/19 PASSED 393-1	H.R. 4761	DHS Opioid Detection Resilience Act of 2019	YES	This legislation requires Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to implement a strategy to ensure that deployed chemical screening devices are able to identify synthetic opioids in an operational environment at a purity level of 10 percent or lower or provide ports of entry with an alternative method for identifying narcotics at lower purity levels.
12/9/19 PASSED 393-0	H.R. 4739	Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and Training Act	YES	This bill would ensure that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel will be protected from accidental contact with synthetic opioids.
12/10/19 PASSED 319-96	H.R. 5363	FUTURE Act	YES	This legislation  reauthorizes funding programs for historically Black colleges and universities and other minority-serving institutions.

2019 PAST VOTES:

MY VOTES – WEEK OF DECEMBER 2

my votes – week of november 18

My votes – week of november 11

My Votes – week of october 28

my votes – week of october 21