[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 157 (Friday, December 7, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1890]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. TIMOTHY V. JOHNSON

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, December 7, 2012

  Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 
I had a previous engagement that necessitated my involvement. I was 
speaking to students from Lakeland College during one of their American 
Government Classes. The Professor's name is Shane Roger and his class 
was American National Government. I missed procedural votes on the 
following votes--S. Con. Res. 50, which is a concurrent resolution 
expressing the sense of Congress regarding actions to preserve and 
advance the multi-stakeholder governance model under which the Internet 
has thrived; H.R. 6602, which would make revisions in title 36, United 
States Code, as necessary to keep the title current and make technical 
corrections and improvements; and finally on S. 2367 the 21st Century 
Language Act of 2012, which removes references to the word ``lunatic'' 
from rules of construction of the U.S. Code and banking law provisions 
concerning: (1) trust powers of banks, and (2) bank consolidations and 
mergers.
  Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on the above stated 
bills.

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