WASHINGTON — Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the week ending May 26.
Along with the week’s roll call votes, the House also passed these measures by voice vote: the Veterans Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act (S. 777), to increase rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and rates of compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans; the Korean American Vietnam Allies Long Overdue for Relief Act (H.R. 366), to treat certain individuals who served in the Vietnam War as a member of the armed forces of Korea as a U.S. armed forces veteran for purposes of the provision of health care by the Department of Veterans Affairs; and agreed to the Senate amendment to the NOTAM Improvement Act (H.R. 346), to establish a task force on improvements for notices to air missions.
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FENTANYL TRAFFICKING: The House has passed the Preventing the Financing of Illegal Synthetic Drugs Act (H.R. 1076), sponsored by Rep. Monica De La Cruz, R-Texas, to require the Government Accountability Office to study the role of illicit financing of trafficking in fentanyl, methamphetamine, and similar dangerous synthetic drugs. De La Cruz said the study “will help law enforcement pinpoint the business model of the traffickers, how they move and hide their profits, and what the U.S. can do to stop fentanyl money laundering.” The vote, on May 22, was 402 yeas to 2 nays.
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Marie Gluesenkamp Perez D-3rd
FINANCE IN CHINA: The House has passed the China Financial Threat Mitigation Act (H.R. 1156), sponsored by Rep. Abigail Davis Spanberger, D-Va. The bill would require the Treasury Department to make a report on the impacts China’s financial sector could have on the U.S. and its financial stability, as well as ways for the U.S. to work with other countries to mitigate risks posed by China. A supporter, Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, said: “We must have a clear picture of the systemic risks we face so we can respond appropriately to safeguard our economic interests and mitigate these threats.” The vote, on May 22, was 400 yeas to 5 nays.