[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 7, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E25]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, January 7, 2015

  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, regrettably, I was 
unable to attend the opening session of the 114th Congress yesterday, 
January 6, as I joined many of my colleagues and friends to memorialize 
the life of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo.
   Had I been present at the opening session, I would have voted for my 
friend and colleague from California, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, to serve as 
Speaker of the House.
   As the Speaker in the 110th and 111th Congresses, and the first 
woman to hold this position, Rep. Pelosi accumulated an unparalleled 
record of accomplishments to support the middle class and hardworking 
American families, and I would have been proud to support her election 
to a third term as Speaker.

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