[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 8 (Friday, January 12, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E40]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. SALUD O. CARBAJAL

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, January 12, 2018

  Mr. CARBAJAL. Mr. Speaker, deadly mudslides have destroyed homes and 
claimed at least seventeen lives to date in my district. These 
mudslides have devastated the communities in my district--many of which 
are still recovering from the horrific Thomas Fire. In order to be with 
my constituents and assist in recovery efforts, I decided to return to 
Santa Barbara, California. As a result, I was unable to vote during 
Roll Call No. 9, which was S. 140, a bill to amend the White Mountain 
Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to clarify the use 
of amounts in the WMAT Settlement Fund on January 10, 2018.
  While I support tribal sovereignty, this was a misguided bill that 
would strip hundreds of thousands of workers at tribal-owned and 
-operated enterprises of their protections for the right to bargain 
collectively.
  If I had the opportunity to vote on S. 140, I would have voted NO on 
Roll Call No. 9.

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