H.Con.Res. 107 — 106th Congress
Expressing the sense of Congress rejecting the conclusions of a recent article published by the American Psychological Association that suggests that sexual relationships between adults and children might be positive for children.
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As of Jul 12, 1999Passed House amended
Expresses the sense of Congress that it: (1) rejects and condemns suggestions in a recently published article in the Psychological Bulletin that sexual relationships between adults and "willing" children are less harmful than believed and might be positive for "willing" children; (2) vigorously opposes any public policy or legislative attempts to normalize adult-child sex or to lower the age of consent; (3) urges the President to likewise reject and condemn any suggestion that sexual relations between children and adults are anything but abusive, destructive, exploitive, reprehensible, and punishable by law; and (4) encourages competent investigations to continue to research the effects of child sexual abuse using the best methodology, so that the public and public policymakers may act upon accurate information.
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Roll-call votes
1 on recordJul 12, 1999 · Suspend the rules and agree, as amended
Full roll call294 of 435 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.
Yea — 355: 63 D · 52 R · 1 I
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| RAMSTAD, James | MN |
| McCOLLUM, Ira William, Jr. | FL |
| TRAFICANT, James A., Jr. | OH |
| DICKS, Norman DeValois | WA |
| HYDE, Henry John | IL |
| CASTLE, Michael Newbold | DE |
| WELLER, Gerald C. | IL |
| SHADEGG, John B. | AZ |
| McINNIS, Scott | CO |
| SCHAFFER, Robert W. | CO |
| PETERSON, John | PA |
| LEWIS, Charles Jeremy | CA |
| ROUKEMA, Margaret Scafati | NJ |
| CANADY, Charles Terrance | FL |
| FOSSELLA, Vito John | NY |
| MCCRERY, James O., III | LA |
| STUMP, Robert Lee | AZ |
| BALLENGER, Cass | NC |
| LAHOOD, Ray H. | IL |
| LaTOURETTE, Steven C. | OH |
| PICKETT, Owen Bradford | VA |
| MORELLA, Constance A. | MD |
| COX, Charles Christopher | CA |
| BENTSEN, Kenneth E., Jr. | TX |
| SHERWOOD, Don | PA |
| RYUN, Jim | KS |
| BERMAN, Howard Lawrence | CA |
| EHLERS, Vernon James | MI |
| PORTER, John Edward | IL |
| GOODE, Virgil H., Jr. | VA |
| HOEFFEL, Joseph M. | PA |
| GORDON, Barton Jennings | TN |
| GUTKNECHT, Gilbert W. | MN |
| SWEENEY, John E. | NY |
| HOSTETTLER, John Nathan | IN |
| LINDER, John Elmer | GA |
| RILEY, Robert | AL |
| JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr. | IL |
| MOORE, Dennis | KS |
| ROTHMAN, Steven | NJ |
| CLEMENT, Robert Nelson | TN |
| FRANKS, Robert Douglas | NJ |
| BUYER, Stephen Earle | IN |
| WEXLER, Robert | FL |
| MALONEY, James H. | CT |
| REYES, Silvestre | TX |
| OWENS, Major Robert Odell | NY |
| HAYWORTH, John D., Jr. | AZ |
| ROEMER, Timothy John | IN |
| SPENCE, Floyd Davidson | SC |
| CAMPBELL, Thomas J. | CA |
| McKINNEY, Cynthia Ann | GA |
| HOBSON, David Lee | OH |
| SAWYER, Thomas Charles | OH |
| OBEY, David Ross | WI |
| BONILLA, Henry | TX |
| HANSEN, James Vear | UT |
| ARCHER, William Reynolds, Jr. | TX |
| GREENWOOD, James Charles | PA |
| BARCIA, James A. | MI |
| LUCAS, Ken | KY |
| TAUSCHER, Ellen O'Kane | CA |
| TANCREDO, Thomas G. | CO |
| BASS, Charles Foster | NH |
| SKEEN, Joseph Richard | NM |
| SOUDER, Mark Edward | IN |
| TANNER, John S. | TN |
| MARTÍNEZ, Matthew G. | CA |
| SHAYS, Christopher H. | CT |
| DAVIS, Thomas M., III | VA |
| TAUZIN, Wilbert Joseph | LA |
| EVANS, Lane Allen | IL |
| GREEN, Mark | WI |
| COOKSEY, John | LA |
| DEUTSCH, Peter R. | FL |
| WATKINS, Wesley Wade | OK |
| HUTCHINSON, Asa | AR |
| PHELPS, David Dwain | IL |
| MANZULLO, Donald A. | IL |
| BARRETT, William E. | NE |
| LUTHER, William Paul | MN |
| BORSKI, Robert Anthony, Jr. | PA |
| REYNOLDS, Thomas M. | NY |
| KUCINICH, Dennis | OH |
| PEASE, Edward Allan | IN |
| BIGGERT, Judy Borg | IL |
| CLAYTON, Eva M. | NC |
| HOOLEY, Darlene | OR |
| RADANOVICH, George P. | CA |
| SISISKY, Norman | VA |
| TAYLOR, Gary Eugene | MS |
| LARGENT, Steve | OK |
| ORTIZ, Solomon P. | TX |
| WILSON, Heather | NM |
| TURNER, Jim | TX |
| BOUCHER, Frederick C. | VA |
| KNOLLENBERG, Joseph | MI |
| RODRIGUEZ, Ciro D. | TX |
| CRANE, Philip Miller | IL |
| HILLEARY, Van | TN |
| OBERSTAR, James Louis | MN |
| COYNE, William Joseph | PA |
| BLILEY, Thomas Jerome, Jr. | VA |
| LaFALCE, John Joseph | NY |
| BOYD, F. Allen, Jr. | FL |
| KUYKENDALL, Steven T. | CA |
| HOUGHTON, Amory, Jr. | NY |
| GANSKE, Greg | IA |
| HALL, Tony Patrick | OH |
| McCARTHY, Karen | MO |
| MURTHA, John Patrick, Jr. | PA |
| LAZIO, Enrico A. | NY |
| POMBO, Richard William | CA |
| BLAGOJEVICH, Rod R. | IL |
| McHUGH, John Michael | NY |
| HILL, Rick | MT |
| DICKEY, Jay W., Jr. | AR |
| DREIER, David Timothy | CA |
| HINCHEY, Maurice Dunlea | NY |
| EHRLICH, Robert L., Jr. | MD |
| FORD, Harold, Jr. | TN |
| BALDACCI, John Elias | ME |
| WOOLSEY, Lynn C. | CA |
| HORN, John Stephen | CA |
| GILCHREST, Wayne Thomas | MD |
| YOUNG, Charles William | FL |
| JOHN, Christopher | LA |
| MEEHAN, Martin Thomas | MA |
| PACKARD, Ronald C. | CA |
| MOAKLEY, John Joseph | MA |
| BRYANT, Ed | TN |
| DOOLEY, Calvin M. | CA |
| FOWLER, Tillie Kidd | FL |
| PAUL, Ronald Ernest | TX |
| JOHNSON, Nancy Lee | CT |
| BOSWELL, Leonard L. | IA |
| STENHOLM, Charles Walter | TX |
| INSLEE, Jay Robert | WA |
| STEARNS, Clifford Bundy | FL |
| SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV | MO |
| WU, David | OR |
| HEFLEY, Joel M. | CO |
| CANNON, Christopher B. | UT |
| CUBIN, Barbara L. | WY |
| KELLY, Sue W. | NY |
| GIBBONS, James A. | NV |
| FROST, Jonas Martin | TX |
| DAVIS, Jim | FL |
| REGULA, Ralph Straus | OH |
| SANDLIN, Max A. | TX |
| PICKERING, Charles W. (Chip), Jr. | MS |
| VENTO, Bruce Frank | MN |
| DeMINT, James W. | SC |
| KILDEE, Dale Edward | MI |
| COSTELLO, Jerry Francis | IL |
| ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard | NY |
| COOK, Merrill | UT |
| SABO, Martin Olav | MN |
| EVERETT, Robert Terry | AL |
| LEWIS, Ron | KY |
| KLECZKA, Gerald Daniel | WI |
| CRAMER, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. | AL |
| HOLDEN, Thomas Timothy | PA |
| SCARBOROUGH, Charles Joseph | FL |
| BEREUTER, Douglas Kent | NE |
| SHUSTER, E. G. | PA |
| WAMP, Zachary Paul | TN |
| MEEK, Carrie P. | FL |
| COLLINS, Michael Allen | GA |
| CUNNINGHAM, Randall | CA |
| GEJDENSON, Samuel | CT |
| DUNN, Jennifer Blackburn | WA |
| HOEKSTRA, Peter | MI |
| ETHERIDGE, Bobby R. | NC |
| STUPAK, Bart T. | MI |
| BILIRAKIS, Michael | FL |
| KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph | RI |
| ROGAN, James E. | CA |
| DIXON, Julian Carey | CA |
| EMERSON, Jo Ann | MO |
| CONDIT, Gary Adrian | CA |
| KANJORSKI, Paul E. | PA |
| SNYDER, Victor F. | AR |
| MYRICK, Sue | NC |
| MINGE, David R. | MN |
| RIVERS, Lynn Nancy | MI |
| METCALF, Jack | WA |
| QUINN, John Francis | NY |
| SMITH, Nick H. | MI |
| THOMAS, William Marshall | CA |
| TALENT, James Matthes | MO |
| MATSUI, Robert T. | CA |
| SHAW, Eugene Clay, Jr. | FL |
| DEAL, John Nathan | GA |
| NEY, Robert William | OH |
| BONIOR, David Edward | MI |
| JENKINS, William Lewis | TN |
| BURTON, Danny Lee | IN |
| WEINER, Anthony D. | NY |
| LEACH, James Albert Smith | IA |
| ENGLISH, Philip Sheridan | PA |
| WATTS, Julius Caesar, Jr. | OK |
| NORWOOD, Charles W., Jr. | GA |
| MILLER, Daniel | FL |
| LIPINSKI, William Oliver | IL |
| BERRY, Robert Marion | AR |
| ANDREWS, Robert Ernest | NJ |
| GOSS, Porter J. | FL |
| DIAZ-BALART, Lincoln | FL |
| HILLIARD, Earl Frederick | AL |
| WALSH, James T. | NY |
| FOLEY, Mark A. | FL |
| BARRETT, Thomas M. | WI |
| WELDON, David Joseph | FL |
| HERGER, Walter William | CA |
| OXLEY, Michael Garver | OH |
| McNULTY, Michael Robert | NY |
| GOODLING, William Franklin | PA |
| GALLEGLY, Elton W. | CA |
| GILMAN, Benjamin Arthur | NY |
| FORBES, Michael Patrick | NY |
| NUSSLE, James Allen | IA |
| HILL, Baron P. | IN |
| KLINK, Ronald | PA |
| WYNN, Albert Russell | MD |
| HUNTER, Duncan Lee | CA |
| NETHERCUTT, George R., Jr. | WA |
| CALLAHAN, Herbert Leon | AL |
| ISTOOK, Ernest James, Jr. | OK |
| OLVER, John Walter | MA |
| GONZALEZ, Charles A. | TX |
| EWING, Thomas W. | IL |
| SUNUNU, John E. | NH |
| CARSON, Julia May | IN |
| MASCARA, Frank R. | PA |
| HAYES, Robert Cannon | NC |
| SAXTON, Hugh James | NJ |
| OSE, Doug | CA |
| TIAHRT, Todd | KS |
| Ed Pastor | AZ |
| Anna G. Eshoo | CA |
| Barbara Lee | CA |
| Brad Sherman | CA |
| George Miller | CA |
| Grace F. Napolitano | CA |
| Henry A. Waxman | CA |
| Lois Capps | CA |
| Loretta Sanchez | CA |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | CA |
| Mike Thompson | CA |
| Nancy Pelosi | CA |
| Sam Farr | CA |
| Xavier Becerra | CA |
| Zoe Lofgren | CA |
| Mark Udall | CO |
| John B. Larson | CT |
| Rosa L. DeLauro | CT |
| Corrine Brown | FL |
| John Lewis | GA |
| Danny K. Davis | IL |
| Janice D. Schakowsky | IL |
| Luis V. Gutiérrez | IL |
| Peter J. Visclosky | IN |
| James P. McGovern | MA |
| John F. Tierney | MA |
| Michael E. Capuano | MA |
| Richard E. Neal | MA |
| Benjamin L. Cardin | MD |
| Elijah E. Cummings | MD |
| Steny H. Hoyer | MD |
| Debbie Stabenow | MI |
| John D. Dingell | MI |
| Sander M. Levin | MI |
| Collin C. Peterson | MN |
| Bennie G. Thompson | MS |
| David E. Price | NC |
| Mike McIntyre | NC |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | NJ |
| Frank Pallone, Jr. | NJ |
| Robert Menendez | NJ |
| Rush Holt | NJ |
| Tom Udall | NM |
| Carolyn B. Maloney | NY |
| Carolyn McCarthy | NY |
| Charles B. Rangel | NY |
| Gregory W. Meeks | NY |
| Jerrold Nadler | NY |
| Joseph Crowley | NY |
| Louise McIntosh Slaughter | NY |
| Nita M. Lowey | NY |
| Nydia M. Velázquez | NY |
| Sherrod Brown | OH |
| Earl Blumenauer | OR |
| Peter A. DeFazio | OR |
| Chaka Fattah | PA |
| Michael F. Doyle | PA |
| Robert A. Brady | PA |
| Gene Green | TX |
| Lloyd Doggett | TX |
| Rubén Hinojosa | TX |
| Adam Smith | WA |
| Nick J. Rahall II | WV |
| Bernard Sanders | VT |
| Don Young | AK |
| Robert B. Aderholt | AL |
| Spencer Bachus | AL |
| Matt Salmon | AZ |
| Dana Rohrabacher | CA |
| Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | CA |
| Ken Calvert | CA |
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | FL |
| John L. Mica | FL |
| Jack Kingston | GA |
| Saxby Chambliss | GA |
| Tom Latham | IA |
| John Shimkus | IL |
| Jerry Moran | KS |
| Ed Whitfield | KY |
| David Vitter | LA |
| Dave Camp | MI |
| Fred Upton | MI |
| Roy Blunt | MO |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS |
| Howard Coble | NC |
| Richard Burr | NC |
| Walter B. Jones | NC |
| Lee Terry | NE |
| Christopher H. Smith | NJ |
| Frank A. LoBiondo | NJ |
| Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | NJ |
| Peter T. King | NY |
| John A. Boehner | OH |
| Rob Portman | OH |
| Steve Chabot | OH |
| Frank D. Lucas | OK |
| Greg Walden | OR |
| Joseph R. Pitts | PA |
| Patrick J. Toomey | PA |
| Lindsey Graham | SC |
| Mark Sanford | SC |
| John Thune | SD |
| John J. Duncan, Jr. | TN |
| Joe Barton | TX |
| Kay Granger | TX |
| Lamar Smith | TX |
| Mac Thornberry | TX |
| Pete Sessions | TX |
| Ralph M. Hall | TX |
| Sam Johnson | TX |
| Bob Goodlatte | VA |
| Frank R. Wolf | VA |
| Doc Hastings | WA |
| F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | WI |
| Paul D. Ryan | WI |
| Thomas E. Petri | WI |
Present — 13: 4 D
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| ALLEN, Thomas H. | ME |
| STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr. | CA |
| FRANK, Barney | MA |
| STRICKLAND, Ted | OH |
| DELAHUNT, Bill | MA |
| MINK, Patsy Takemoto | HI |
| ABERCROMBIE, Neil | HI |
| FILNER, Bob | CA |
| BAIRD, Brian | WA |
| Alcee L. Hastings | FL |
| John Conyers, Jr. | MI |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson | TX |
| James P. Moran | VA |
Not Voting — 67: 14 D · 7 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| BARTLETT, Roscoe Gardner | MD |
| GEKAS, George William | PA |
| WISE, Robert Ellsworth, Jr. | WV |
| MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby | WV |
| WATT, Melvin L. | NC |
| FLETCHER, Ernest L. | KY |
| GILLMOR, Paul Eugene | OH |
| KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks | MI |
| KASICH, John Richard | OH |
| ARMEY, Richard Keith | TX |
| BILBRAY, Brian P. | CA |
| DOOLITTLE, John Taylor | CA |
| COMBEST, Larry Ed | TX |
| LAMPSON, Nicholas V. | TX |
| BARR, Bob | GA |
| NORTHUP, Anne Meagher | KY |
| DANNER, Patsy Ann | MO |
| KOLBE, James Thomas | AZ |
| WEYGAND, Robert A. | RI |
| CLAY, William Lacy, Sr. | MO |
| LANTOS, Thomas Peter | CA |
| MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Juanita | CA |
| TOWNS, Edolphus | NY |
| BERKLEY, Shelley | NV |
| TAYLOR, Charles Hart | NC |
| DeLAY, Thomas Dale | TX |
| WELDON, Wayne Curtis | PA |
| HULSHOF, Kenny | MO |
| SPRATT, John McKee, Jr. | SC |
| BOEHLERT, Sherwood Louis | NY |
| THURMAN, Karen L. | FL |
| BATEMAN, Herbert Harvell | VA |
| POMEROY, Earl Ralph, III | ND |
| JEFFERSON, William Jennings | LA |
| JONES, Stephanie Tubbs | OH |
| EDWARDS, Thomas Chester | TX |
| HASTERT, John Dennis | IL |
| BROWN, George Edward, Jr. | CA |
| GEPHARDT, Richard Andrew | MO |
| BONO, Mary | CA |
| SHOWS, Clifford Ronald | MS |
| PAYNE, Donald Milford | NJ |
| BAKER, Richard Hugh | LA |
| PRYCE, Deborah D. | OH |
| McINTOSH, David Martin | IN |
| CHENOWETH-HAGE, Helen P. | ID |
| Maxine Waters | CA |
| Diana DeGette | CO |
| Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | GA |
| Bobby L. Rush | IL |
| Edward J. Markey | MA |
| Eliot L. Engel | NY |
| José E. Serrano | NY |
| Marcy Kaptur | OH |
| James E. Clyburn | SC |
| Sheila Jackson Lee | TX |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | VA |
| Jim McDermott | WA |
| Ron Kind | WI |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI |
| Edward R. Royce | CA |
| Gary G. Miller | CA |
| Johnny Isakson | GA |
| Michael K. Simpson | ID |
| Harold Rogers | KY |
| Tom Coburn | OK |
| Kevin Brady | TX |
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