[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 191 (Tuesday, December 13, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2239]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 13, 2011

  Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 
I was unable to attend the first vote of a Point of Order for Unfunded 
Mandate on H.R. 3630 raised by Representative Moore. The Chair then 
called a Question of Consideration to Rule for H.R. 3630.
  As you know, the House was not scheduled to be in Session this week 
and Monday evening I held a listening event with concerned citizens in 
the town of Savoy. I could not, in good conscience, cancel on a group 
that had been on my schedule for several months. On Tuesday, December 
13, 2011, I was traveling from my district to Washington, DC, when this 
unanticipated Point of Order was raised.
  Had I been present, my votes would have been as follows: for Question 
of Consideration of the Resolution, I would have voted ``yea.''

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