[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 51 (Friday, March 23, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E366]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. YVETTE D. CLARKE

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, March 23, 2018

  Ms. CLARKE of New York. Mr. Speaker, on March 22, 2018, I was 
unavoidably detained and missed recorded vote No. 123. Had I been 
present, on Roll Call No. 123, On Ordering the Previous Question: H. 
Res. 796: Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the 
bill (H.R. 1625) to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956 to include severe forms of trafficking in persons within the 
definition of transnational organized crime, I would have voted NO.

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