[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2068]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. REICHERT. Mr. Speaker, as indicated in the Leave of Absence 
request granted by the U.S. House of Representatives, I was not in 
attendance for votes February 22-26, 2010, so that I could support my 
family through the tragic and unexpected death of my 16-year-old niece.
  Were I in attendance, I would have voted in favor of H.R. 4425 (RC 
No. 49); H.R. 4238 (RC No. 50), H. Res. 1066 (RC No. 52), H. Res. 1059 
(RC No. 53), H. Res. 1039 (RC No. 54), H. Res. 1046 (RC No. 55), 
Hastings (WA) Amendment to H.R. 2314 (RC No. 56), Flake Amendment to 
H.R. 2314 (RC No. 57), H. Res. 1074 (RC No. 61), H. Res. 944 (RC No. 
62), the Motion to Recommit H.R. 4626 (RC No. 63), H.R. 4626 (RC No. 
64), H. Res. 1085 (RC No. 65), Concurring with the Senate Amendments to 
H.R. 3961 (RC No. 67), H. Con. Res. 227 (RC No. 68), Hastings (FL) 
Amendment to H.R. 2701 (RC No. 70), Schauer Amendment to H.R. 2701 (RC 
No. 71,), the Motion to Recommit H.R. 2701 (RC No. 72), and H. Con. 
Res. 238 (RC No. 74).
  I would have opposed H. Res. 1083 (RC No. 51), Abercrombie Amendment 
to H.R. 2314 (RC No. 58), H. R. 2314 (RC No. 59), H. Res. 1098 (RC No. 
60), H. Res. 1105 (RC No. 66), Reyes Amendment to H.R. 2701 (RC No. 
69), and passage of H.R. 2701 (RC No. 73).

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