[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9951]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Mr. BOREN. Mr. Speaker, I was absent on Friday, May 8, when call 
votes occurred for H.R. 5116, the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act 
of 2010. I was not present because I was attending a funeral for a 
family member.
  If I would have been present for the rollcall votes listed below for 
H.R. 5116, I would have voted in the following manner:
  1. Roll No. 326, on agreeing to the first portion of the divided 
question, proposing to strike section 228: I would have voted ``nay.''
  2. Roll No. 327, on agreeing to the second portion of the divided 
question, proposing to strike sections 406(b) and (c): I would have 
voted ``nay.''
  3. Roll No. 328, on agreeing to the sixth portion of the divided 
question, proposing to amend section 702: I would have voted ``nay.''
  4. Roll No. 329, on agreeing to the seventh portion of the divided 
question, proposing to add a section 704: I would have voted ``aye.''
  5. Roll No. 330, on agreeing to the eighth portion of the divided 
question, proposing to add a section 705: I would have voted ``aye.''
  6. Roll No. 331, on agreeing to the ninth portion of the divided 
question, proposing to add a section 706: I would have voted ``nay.''
  7. Roll No. 332, on final passage of H.R. 5116: I would have voted 
``aye.''

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