    [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2025)]
    [Extensions of Remarks]
    [Page E157]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                              PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                              HON. BETTY McCOLLUM

                                  of minnesota

                        in the house of representatives

                           Tuesday, February 25, 2025

      Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, on the morning of February 24, 2025, I was
    attending the University of Minnesota's National Security Research &
    Innovation Day in my district, and the flight I took back to
    Washington, D.C. was delayed departing from Minnesota. This resulted in
    my absence from the House during three suspension votes on February 24,
    2025. Had I been present, I would have voted AYE on Roll Call No. 43,
    H.R. 825, the Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act; Roll Call
    No. 44, H.R. 832, the Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act; and
    Roll Call No. 45, H.R. 818, the SPUR Act.

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