[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 180 (Friday, December 11, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1777]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 11, 2015

  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably absent on Thursday, 
December 10, 2015, as I was attending a funeral in my congressional 
district in Massachusetts.
  On Roll Call Vote Number 688, the Motion to Table the Appeal of the 
Ruling of the Chair on the Privileged Resolution offered by Ms. Pelosi 
of California to place on the calendar for an immediate vote H.R. 1076, 
the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act, had I 
been present I would have voted NO.

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