[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 23]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 31322]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. ADAM SMITH

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 9, 2009

  Mr. SMITH of Washington. Madam Speaker, on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 
I was unable to be present for recorded votes because I was attending 
the memorial service held in Tacoma, Washington for the four police 
officers of the Lakewood Police Department who were killed last week in 
the line of duty.
  Had I been present, I would have voted: ``yes'' on rollcall vote No. 
931 (on the motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 3288); ``yes'' on 
rollcall vote No. 932 (on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to 
H. Con. Res. 199, as amended); ``yes'' on rollcall vote No. 933 (on the 
motion to suspend the rules and agree to H. Con. Res. 206, as amended); 
``yes'' on rollcall vote No. 934 (on the motion to suspend the rules 
and agree to H. Res. 940); ``yes'' on rollcall vote No. 935 (on the 
motion to suspend the rules and agree to H. Res. 845, as amended); 
``yes'' on rollcall vote No. 936 (on the motion to suspend the rules 
and pass H.R. 2278, as amended); ``yes'' on rollcall vote No. 937 (on 
the motion to suspend the rules and agree to H. Res. 915); ``yes'' on 
rollcall vote No. 938 (on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to 
H. Res. 907).

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