[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 112 (Friday, July 13, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1518]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         EXPLAINING VOTE FOR THE EMANUEL AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2829

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                           HON. BRAD SHERMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 12, 2007

  Mr. SHERMAN. Madam Speaker, I wish to clarify for the record my vote 
on June 28th in support of the Emanuel Amendment to H.R. 2829, the 
``Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act''.
  During consideration of H.R. 2829, Rep. Emanuel offered an amendment 
that would strip funding from the Office of the Vice President.
  I voted in support of this amendment for two reasons. First, I 
believed that it was important to send a strong rebuke to Vice 
President Cheney for inappropriately claiming that his office was not 
in fact a part of the Executive Branch, a claim made as part of a 
flimsy effort to reject compliance with an executive order relevant to 
safeguarding classified national security information. Additionally, it 
was apparent that the amendment did not have the requisite votes needed 
for successful passage and consequently my vote would not result in the 
actual denial of funding for operations within the Executive Branch, 
but my vote would help strengthen the rebuke.

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