[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 27, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E599]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. TERRI A. SEWELL

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 27, 2016

  Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday afternoon, April 27, 
2016, I was required to be in my congressional district in Fairfield, 
Alabama in order to attend a memorial service for Mrs. Gladys Coleman. 
Mrs. Gladys Coleman was one of the founding members of the Fairfield 
Democratic Women. She served as president of the Fairfield Democratic 
Women, and a member of the Jefferson County (AL) and State Democratic 
Executive Committees. In April 2015, she was one of seven honorees 
inducted into the Alabama Democratic Party Hall of Fame. Mrs. Coleman 
was the first black member appointed to the Fairfield Board of 
Education during the crucial years of desegregation in the city's 
school system. In 1975, she was appointed by the Alabama State 
Superintendent of Education to serve on the Accreditation Committee for 
Elementary.
   As a Member of the Alabama congressional delegation, attending the 
memorial service was directly related to my representational, 
legislative, and committee responsibilities. Because of this absence I 
was not present for Roll Call Votes 166 through 169. Had I been present 
I would have voted as follows:
   YES on H.R. 4923--American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016
   YES on H.R. 699--Email Privacy Act
   NO on Motion on Ordering the Previous Question on the Rule providing 
for consideration of H.R. 4498--Helping Angels Lead our Startups Act, 
and
   NO on H. Res. 701--Rule providing for consideration of H.R. 4498--
Helping Angels Lead our Startups Act.

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