[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 107 (Monday, July 18, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1348]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. JEFF DENHAM

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 18, 2011

  Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, I was unavoidably detained 
during rollcall vote 598 on July 15, 2011, leaving me unable to cast my 
official vote in opposition. If I were present at the time of the vote, 
I would have cast a ``nay'' vote because we cannot continue to waste 
taxpayer money and should not continue to try and substitute government 
for the role of parents in children's lives. I am pleased that Congress 
was able to act on this amendment and I look to the Senate for its 
expedited review and hope that the President will subsequently sign 
into law H.R. 2354, in which the amendment is contained. Our families 
deserve the prudent fiscal allocation of taxpayer money.

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