My Votes – Week of May 13

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
5/15/19 PASSED 275-146	H.R. 312	Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act	NO	This bill authorizes two reservations for the tribe including an off-reservation casino 50 miles away from the tribe’s historic reservation, overturns decisions by the Trump Administration and a federal judge, and contradicts a Supreme Court ruling and current federal law.
5/16/19 PASSED 234-183	H.R. 987	MORE Health Education Act	NO	While H.R. 987 was originally a bipartisan bill dealing with prescription drug pricing, partisan language was inserted for political purposes. The majority put a political pothole in the way of bipartisan drug pricing reform.
5/17/19 PASSED 236-173	H.R. 5	Equality Act	NO	Discrimination based on race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, and religious beliefs is wrong, and our goal should always be that no American is discriminated against. While well intentioned, the Equality Act did not do enough to protect religious liberty. In fact, in some cases, the bill undermined the ability of religious organizations to provide vital services in our community without violating their strongly held religious beliefs. LGBTQ rights and religious freedom shouldn’t be mutually exclusive. We should be able to advance both without undermining one or the other. I did not support H.R. 5 because it failed to meet that goal.

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
5/14/19 PASSED 410-0	H.R. 299	Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019	YES	This legislation ensures that our Vietnam veterans receive the disability benefits they are owed. I was a proud cosponsor of H.R. 299.
5/14/19 PASSED 400-9	H.R. 2379	To reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program	YES	H.R. 2379 permanently reauthorizes the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program at $30 million.
5/14/19 PASSED	H.R. 1999	FLAG Act of 2019	YES
5/14/19 PASSED	H.R. 1594	First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act	YES	Passed by voice
5/14/19 PASSED	H.R. 1313	Transit Security Grant Program Flexibility Act	YES	Passed by voice
5/14/19 PASSED	H.R. 1437	Securing Department of Homeland Security Firearms Act of 2019	YES	Passed by voice
5/14/19 PASSED	H.R. 1912	DHS Acquisition Documentation Integrity Act of 2019	YES	Passed by voice
5/14/19 PASSED 415-0	H.R. 1892	Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 2019	YES	This legislation would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make technical corrections to the requirement that the Secretary of Homeland Security submit quadrennial homeland security reviews to Congress.
5/14/19 PASSED	H.R. 2066	DHS Intelligence Rotational Assignment Program of 2019	YES	Passed by voice
5/14/19 PASSED	H.R. 2578	National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2019	YES	Passed by voice
5/14/19 PASSED	H.R. 389	Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Act	YES	Passed by voice
5/14/19 PASSED	H.R. 1060	BUILD Act	YES	Passed by voice
5/14/19 PASSED	H.R. 1037	Banking Transparency for Sanctioned Persons Act of 2019	YES	Passed by voice
5/15/19 PASSED 323-96	H.R. 375	To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes	YES	H.R. 375 reaffirms the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes.

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