leverage as well. we re going to encourage that if there are violations of law, that people are held accountable regardless of their status. you know, we are a democracy. there is no man or woman who is above or below the law. we don t have kings. we don t have queens. we have everybody who is equal in the eyes of the law. and regardless of their position, they should be held accountable if they violated the law. we are watching now sheila jackson lee presiding. i think the vote is done. it appears to be on party lines except for, i would imagine is the unfinished business is a vote on passage of h.r. 5655 on which the yaeas and nays. a bill to establish in the department of state to monitor and combat islamaphobia and for other purposes. the question is on the passage of the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device.
what purpose is the gentleman from tennessee rise. okay. hang on one second. let me get back to the congressman before we get to ryan. congressman, you still there? i am. congressman, this is 5655. tell us what s going on. you re very familiar with this. what s happening? yeah. this is the islamaphobia bill. this is a bill to make it really clear that we re not going to stand up for bigoted language, that we re not going to tolerate racist language, that people that are going to say these things and try to attack communities, like the communities i represent, for example. i represent one of the most diverse districts in the nation, the most diverse district in colorado and a large muslim population. we re going to send a very clear message to america that we stand behind our muslim community, our muslim neighbors and brothers and sisters. listen, these are people i fought along with when i joined the military, people that i fought with that served this