[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H3261]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I was detained in my district on 
official business on May 24, 2016, and I missed the following rollcall 
votes:
  Rollcall vote No. 238, I would have voted ``yes.''
  Rollcall vote No. 237, I would have voted ``no.''
  Rollcall vote No. 236, I would have voted ``yes.''
  Rollcall vote No. 235, I would have voted ``no.''
  Rollcall vote No. 234, I would have voted ``no.''
  Rollcall vote No. 233, I would have voted ``no.''
  Rollcall vote No. 232, I would have voted ``no.''
  Rollcall vote No. 231, I would have voted ``no.''
  Madam Speaker, on Tuesday, May 24, 2016, I was attending to 
representational duties in my congressional district and was not 
present for Roll Call Votes 231 through 238. I ask the record to 
reflect that had I been present I would have voted as follows:
  1. On Roll Call 238, I would have voted yes. (H.R. 2576--On 
Concurring in the Senate Amendment with an Amendment to Frank R. 
Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act)
  2. On Roll Call 237, I would have voted no. (H.R. 897--On Passage of 
the Zika Vector Control Act)
  3. On Roll Call 236, I would have voted yes. (H.R. 897--On Motion to 
Recommit with Instructions the Zika Vector Control Act)
  4. On Roll Call 235, I would have voted no. (H.R. 5077--On Motion to 
Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended the Intelligence Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017)
  5. On Roll Call 234, I would have voted no. (H. Res. 742--On Agreeing 
to the Resolution Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 2576) to modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act, 
and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 897) Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act, and for other purposes)
  6. On Roll Call 233, I would have voted no. (H. Res. 742--On Ordering 
the Previous Question Providing for consideration of the Senate 
amendment to the bill (H.R. 2576) to modernize the Toxic Substances 
Control Act, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 897) Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act, and for other 
purposes)
  7. On Roll Call 232, I would have voted no. (H. Res. 743--On Agreeing 
to the Resolution Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5055) 
making appropriations for energy and water development and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other 
purposes)
  8. On Roll Call 231, I would have voted no. (H. Res. 743--On Ordering 
the Previous Question Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
5055) making appropriations for energy and water development and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for 
other purposes)

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