[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 22891]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mrs. McMORRIS RODGERS. Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 648 on H. Res. 
1377, On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, Honoring the 
accomplishments of Norman Yoshino Mineta, and for other purposes, I am 
not recorded because I was absent because I gave birth to my baby 
daughter. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea''.
  Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 649 on H.R. 1107, On Motion to Suspend 
the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendments, An act to enact certain 
laws relating to public contracts as title 41, United States Code, 
Public Contracts, I am not recorded because I was absent because I gave 
birth to my baby daughter. Had I been present, I would have voted 
``yea''.
  Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 650 on H.R. 6523, On Motion to Suspend 
the Rules and Pass, as Amended, Ike Skelton National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, I am not recorded because I was 
absent because I gave birth to my baby daughter. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``yea''.
  Madam Speaker, on rollcall No. 651 on H.R. No. 628, On Motion to 
Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment, An act to 
establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts to 
encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district 
judges, I am not recorded because I was absent because I gave birth to 
my baby daughter. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea''.

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