HOW YOUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATES VOTED
For the week that ended April 12
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WORKER TRAINING: The House has passed the A Stronger Workforce for America Act (H.R. 6655), sponsored by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., to change and reauthorize federal worker training programs. Foxx said the bill represented “a promise that as the economy changes, we will always ensure that workers have an opportunity to gain the right skills for the job,” including by increasing funding for worker upskilling efforts, and by improving oversight of training programs. The vote, on April 9, was 378 yeas to 26 nays.
YEAS: Stansbury, D-1, Vasquez, D-2, Leger Fernández, D-3
MUSEUM OF PLAY: The House has passed the National Museum of Play Recognition Act (H.R. 3250), sponsored by Rep. Joseph D. Morelle, D-N.Y., to designate a play-focused museum in Rochester, N.Y., as the National Museum of Play, without making it part of the National Park System. Morelle said the museum is unique in that it “exists for the exclusive purpose of exploring the ways in which play encourages learning, creativity, and discovery, and how it illuminates cultural history.” The vote, on April 10, was 385 yeas to 31 nays.
YEAS: Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernández
STRANDED SEA TURTLES: The House has passed the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance and Rehabilitation Act (H.R. 2560), sponsored by Rep. William R. Keating, D-Mass., to establish a grant program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for rescuing marine turtles stranded on beaches. Keating said that by supporting a network of groups that rescue the turtles, the program would ensure that “the populations of this muchloved species continue to thrive into the future, helping to preserve a unique part of the ocean’s biodiversity for our children and grandchildren.” The vote, on April 11, was 332 yeas to 82 nays.
YEAS: Stansbury, Vasquez, Leger Fernández
GHG EMISSIONS AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS: The Senate has passed a resolution (S.J. Res. 61), sponsored by Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., to disapprove of and void a Federal Highway Administration (FHA) rule requiring state regulators to set reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide from vehicles traveling on their state’s portion of the National Highway System. Cramer called the rule a Biden administration effort to circumvent Congress’s action to deny such regulatory authority to the FHA, and said overturning it in Congress would avert “the gross expense of litigating this demonstration of bureaucratic arrogance.” A resolution opponent, Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., said the FHA rule was essential because “it is simply not possible to meet our climate goals without addressing emissions from the transportation sector.” The vote, on April 10, was 53 yeas to 47 nays.
NAYS: Heinrich, Luján
JOINT EMPLOYER RULE: The Senate has passed a resolution (H.J. Res. 98), sponsored by Rep. John James, R-Mich., to disapprove of and void a National Labor Relations Board rule for determining whether two or more employers qualify as joint employers when they have the same employee. A supporter, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said the rule “forces legal liability onto franchisers for the labor decisions of individual franchise owners despite the franchiser having no operational authority over the business’s employees,” and would result in substantial harm to restaurant and other franchise owners. The vote, on April 10, was 50 yeas to 48 nays.
NAYS: Heinrich, Luján