[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 8880-8881]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                             HON. TOM COLE

                              of oklahoma

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 20, 2010

  Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, during the week of May 10, 2010, I was not 
in Washington, DC because I was surveying extensive damage that 
occurred in my Congressional District due to several tornadoes on May 
10, 2010.
  My vote explanations for the week are as follows:
  On Tuesday, May 11, 2010, I missed rollcall votes Nos. 256, 257, and 
258. Had I been present and voting, I would have voted as follows: 
rollcall vote No. 256: ``aye'' (On agreeing to H. Res. 1294); rollcall 
vote No. 257: ``aye'' (On agreeing to H. Res. 1328); rollcall vote No. 
258: ``aye'' (On agreeing to H. Res. 1299).
  On Wednesday, May 12, 2010, I missed rollcall votes Nos. 259, 260, 
261, 262, 263, 264, 265, and 266. Had I been present and voting, I 
would have voted as follows: rollcall vote No. 259: ``no'' (On agreeing 
to H. Res. 1344--the Rule for H.R. 5116); rollcall vote No. 260: 
``aye'' (On agreeing to H.R. 5014); rollcall vote No. 261: ``aye'' (On 
agreeing to H. Con. Res. 268); rollcall vote No. 262: ``aye'' (On 
agreeing to Gordon (TN): Manager's Amendment No. 1); rollcall vote No. 
263: ``aye'' (On agreeing to Hall (TX): Amendment No. 6); rollcall vote 
No. 264: ``no'' (On agreeing to Markey (MA): Amendment No. 10); 
rollcall vote No. 265: ``no'' (On agreeing to Miller (CA): Amendment 
No. 12); rollcall vote No. 266: ``aye'' (On agreeing to Reyes (TX): 
Amendment No. 13).
  On Thursday, May 13, 2010, I missed rollcall votes Nos. 267, 268, 
269, 270, 271, 272, and 273. Had I been present and voting, I would 
have voted as follows: rollcall vote No. 267: ``no'' (On agreeing to 
Boccieri (OH): Amendment No. 34); rollcall vote No. 268: ``aye'' (On 
agreeing to Halvorson Amendment No. 38); rollcall vote No. 269: ``aye'' 
(On agreeing to Quigley (IL): Amendment No. 50); rollcall vote No. 270: 
``aye'' (On agreeing to the Motion to Recommit to H.R. 5116); rollcall 
vote No. 271: ``aye'' (On agreeing to H. Res. 1338); rollcall vote No. 
272: ``aye'' (On agreeing to H. Res. 1337).

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