[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 10530]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. PATRICK J. KENNEDY

                            of rhode island

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 10, 2010

  Mr. KENNEDY. Madam Speaker, I regret that I was unable to participate 
in a series of votes on the floor of the House of Representatives 
today.
  Had I been present to vote on rollcall No. 339, Motion on Ordering 
the Previous Question on the Rule for H.R. 5072--FHA Reform Act of 2010 
(H. Res. 1424), I would have voted ``aye'' on the question.
  Had I been present to vote on rollcall No. 340, on the Rule providing 
for consideration of H.R. 5072--FHA Reform Act of 2010, I would have 
voted ``aye'' on the question.
  Had I been present to vote on rollcall No. 341, on the motion to 
suspend the rules and agree to H. Res. 989, expressing the sense of the 
House of Representatives that the United States would adopt national 
policies and pursue international agreements to prevent ocean 
acidification, to study the impacts of ocean acidification, and to 
address the effects of ocean acidification on marine ecosystems and 
coastal economies, I would have voted ``aye'' on the question.
  Had I been present to vote on rollcall No. 342, on the motion to 
suspend the rules and pass H. Res. 1178, directing the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives to compile the cost estimates prepared by the 
Congressional Budget Office which are included in reports filed by 
committees of the House on approved legislation and post such estimates 
on the official public Internet site of the Office of the Clerk, I 
would have voted ``aye'' on the question.
  Had I been present to vote on rollcall No. 343, on the Republican 
Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 4173--Wall Street Reform and 
Consumer Protection Act, I would have voted ``nay'' on the question.
  Had I been present to vote on rollcall No. 344, on the motion to 
suspend the rules and agree to H. Res. 1330, Recognizing June 8, 2010, 
as World Ocean Day, I would have voted ``aye'' on the question.
  Had I been present to vote on rollcall No. 345, on the motion to 
suspend the rules and agree to H.R. 5278, to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 405 West Second Street in 
Dixon, Illinois, as the ``President Ronald W. Reagan Post Office 
Building,'' I would have voted ``aye'' on the question.
  Had I been present to vote on rollcall No. 346, on the motion to 
suspend the rules and agree to H.R. 5133, to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 331 1st Street in 
Carlstadt, New Jersey, as the ``Staff Sergeant Frank T. Carvill and 
Lance Corporal Michael A. Schwarz Post Office Building,'' I would have 
voted ``aye''' on the question.

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