[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 148 (Thursday, September 29, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1414]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. KATHY CASTOR

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 28, 2016

  Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Mr. Speaker, today the U.S. House 
Representatives voted on an override of the President's veto of S. 
2040. This bill narrows the scope of sovereign immunity by allowing 
U.S. Courts to hear cases against a foreign state involving injury, 
death and damages as a result of a tort. Very recently my husband's law 
firm has undertaken legal representation of a client who seeks to 
recover from a foreign state the value of claims previously paid. I 
believe that Rule III in conjunction with Rule XIII, clause 2, leads me 
to abstain from the vote on this subject to avoid even the impression 
of a conflict and to adhere to both the spirit and letter of the Rules.

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