02/22/2018 08:00 AM House COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS

              HJR 30-URGE U.S. SUPPORT OF REFUGEES                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
8:07:05 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR PARISH announced that the  first order of business would                                                               
be  HOUSE  JOINT RESOLUTION  NO.  30,  Urging the  United  States                                                               
Congress  to reaffirm  the  commitment of  the  United States  to                                                               
promote  the  safety,  health, and  well-being  of  refugees  and                                                               
displaced persons; urging the United  States government to uphold                                                               
its international  leadership role in responding  to displacement                                                               
crises  with  humanitarian  assistance   and  to  work  with  the                                                               
international community and the  United Nations High Commissioner                                                               
for  Refugees   to  find  solutions  to   conflicts  and  protect                                                               
refugees;  and  urging the  President  of  the United  States  to                                                               
continue to mitigate the burden  placed on frontline refugee host                                                               
countries.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
8:07:58 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  TALERICO said  U.S.  Congress has  a  lot on  its                                                               
plate  and is  doing many  things.   He  remarked that  a lot  of                                                               
changes are occurring  worldwide.  He said he cannot  claim to be                                                               
an expert regarding immigration and  refugees.  He indicated that                                                               
he [is  not comfortable] trying  to direct Congress to  "do this"                                                               
when there  are quite a  few programs  and plans and  Congress is                                                               
working its  way through  "some of  these issues."   In  terms of                                                               
telling [Congress]  to "reaffirm the  commitment," he said  he is                                                               
not  sure "we've  lost commitment  at  all."   He concluded  that                                                               
while  he understands  the  intent of  HJR 30,  he  would not  be                                                               
supporting it.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
8:09:34 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE LINCOLN moved  to report HJR 30  out of committee.                                                               
[No mention of a fiscal note was made in the motion.]                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE TALERICO objected.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
8:09:53 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
A  roll  call vote  was  taken.   Representatives  Kreiss-Tomkins                                                               
(alternate), Lincoln, Drummond, and Parish  voted in favor of the                                                               
motion  to  report HJR  30  out  of committee.    Representatives                                                               
Talerico and  Saddler voted  against it.   Therefore, HJR  30 was                                                               
reported  out  of  the  House   Community  and  Regional  Affairs                                                               
Standing Committee by a vote of 4-2.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
8:10:31 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
The committee took an at-ease from 8:10 a.m. to 8:14 a.m.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
8:14:01 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR PARISH clarified that HJR  30 had moved out of committee                                                               
"with individual  recommendations and  no attached  fiscal note."                                                               
[The committee subsequently passed a  zero fiscal note for HJR 30                                                               
out of committee on 2/27/18.]