mr. culberson of texas. the chair: the gentleman from texas, mr. culberson, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. culberson: one of our principal responsibilities here is to be good stewards of our constituents' hard-earned tax dollars. it's a responsibility i knee each of us takes seriously and my amendment today will make sure we apply the same commonsense standards to the investment of our conituents' hard-earned tax dollars as we do to the investment of our own tax dollars. you in your own life would not loan money or invest money in a business so poorly managed it took on more debt than they could manage. you wouldn't put your money in a company that had taken on so much debt that their debt exceeded their liabilities. and certainly if you were applying for a bank loan a bank would not loan your business money if your business had more debt than it had assets. and that's all this amendment says is that the federal government will not invest our constituents' hard-earned tax dolla

mr. culberson of texas. the chair: a recorded vote having been requested, those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the .s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 116, the nays are 313. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 21 printed in part a of house report 114-326 by the gentleman from georgia, mr. lewis, on which further proceedings were postponed and the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 21 printed in part a of house report 114-326 offered by mr. le

mr. culberson of texas, amendment number 21 by mr. lewis of georgia, amendment number 26 by mr. reichert of washington, amendment number 29 by mr. desantis of florida. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote on these questions after the first vote in the series. pursuant to clause 6-f of rule 18, the chair will reduce to five minutes the time for any electronic votes on any amendments consisting of the text of rule committees print 314 as amended. the unfinished business is the request for a vote on amendment number 5 printed in house report 114-326, by the gentleman from california, mr. desaulnier, on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment you were in five printed in house report 114-326 offered by mr. desaulnier of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient numbering are vizen -- having risen a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this i