[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 50 (Thursday, March 22, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E361]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. MIKE THOMPSON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 22, 2018

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, on March 19 and 20, I was 
absent due to my attendance at the Celebration of Life for the victims 
of the Yountville Pathway Home shooting and was unable to cast my vote 
for Roll Calls 115 through 119. Had I been present, I would have voted 
in the following manner:
  Roll Call No. 115 YES--To update the map of, and modify the maximum 
acreage available for inclusion in, the Florissant Fossil Beds National 
Monument;
  Roll Call No. 116 YES--Kennedy-King National Commemorative Site Act;
  Roll Call No. 117 NO--On Ordering the Previous Question;
  Roll Call No. 118 NO--Providing for consideration of H.R. 4566, the 
Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act; Providing for 
consideration of H.R. 5247, the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, 
Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2018; and for 
other purposes; and
  Roll Call No. 119 YES--Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help 
Investors Act.

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