Madam Chair, I mistakenly voted nay, when I meant to vote yea on Amendment No. 16, Roll Call No. 262. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 262. Amendment No. 17 Offered by Danny K. Davis of Illinois The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Danny K. Davis) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. The Clerk redesignated the amendment. Recorded Vote The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded. A recorded vote was ordered. The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 410, noes 12, not voting 16, as follows: [Roll No. 263] AYES--410 Abraham Adams Aderholt Aguilar Allen Allred Amodei Armstrong Arrington Axne Bacon Baird Balderson Banks Barr Barragan Beatty Bera Bergman Beyer Bilirakis Bishop (GA) Bishop (UT) Blumenauer Blunt Rochester Bonamici Boyle, Brendan F.…
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