[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 108 (Thursday, June 29, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1365]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. JOSE E. SERRANO

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 29, 1995
  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Speaker, last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, I 
spoke to the graduates, teachers, and families at 15 public school 
graduation exercises in my district. I consider it one of my most 
important duties as a Representative to celebrate these events and 
acknowledge publicly that these young people of the South Bronx, often 
in spite of terrible odds, have successfully completed major stages in 
their education.
  However, I missed several votes in the House. If I had been present, 
I would have voted as follows:
  On further consideration of H.R. 1854, Legislative Branch 
Appropriations, 1996:
  Rollcall No. 408, approval of the Journal--no.
  Rollcall No. 409, motion to permit Committees to sit--no.
  Rollcall No. 410, Fazio amendment, amended by Mr. Houghton--yes.
  Rollcall No. 411, Clinger amendment to cut Folklife Center, increase 
CBO to do unfunded mandate analyses--no.
  Rollcall No. 412, Orton amendment to cut the Botanical Garden, 
increase depository libraries--no.
  Rollcall No. 413, Klug amendment to cut GPO staffing--no.
  Rollcall No. 414, Christensen amendment to ban funds for elevator 
operators--no.
  Rollcall No. 415, Zimmer amendment to return unspent funds for 
deficit reduction--no.
  Rollcall No. 416, motion to recommit--yes.
  Rollcall No. 417, passage of H.R. 1854--yes.
  On H. Res. 170, the rule for consideration of H.R. 1868, Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations, 
1996:
  Rollcall No. 418, ordering the previous question--no.
  Rollcall No. 419, passage of H. Res. 170--no.
  

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