[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13536]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. MICHAEL M. HONDA

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 13, 2011

  Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to return to Washington, DC last 
week, and so I was not present for rollcall votes held on September 
7th, 8th, and 9th.
  Had I been present I would have voted:
  ``Yea'' on Rollcall No. 692, on H. Con. Res. 67, authorizing the use 
of the Capitol Grounds for the District of Columbia Special Olympics 
Law Enforcement Torch Run.
  ``No'' on Rollcall No. 693, on Ordering the Previous Question on H. 
Res. 392, the Rule providing for consideration of both H.R. 2218 and 
H.R. 1892, in order to allow Mr. Garamendi of California to offer his 
amendment to the Rule to give priority to eligible entities that plan 
to use materials made in America for the construction and renovation of 
school facilities.
  ``No'' on Rollcall No. 694, on H. Res. 392, the rule providing for 
consideration of both H.R. 2218--Empowering Parents through Quality 
Charter Schools Act and H.R. 1892--Intelligence Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2012.
  ``Yes'' on Rollcall No. 695, on the Hunter amendment to H.R. 1892, 
which would require the Director of National Intelligence and the 
Secretary of Defense to establish a coordinated strategy to identify 
and counter network activity and operations in Pakistan and Afghanistan 
relating to the development and use of improvised explosive devices.
  ``Yes'' on Rollcall No. 696, on the Carney amendment to H.R. 1892, 
which would express the sense of Congress that railway transportation 
security has been and must continue to be a priority of the 
intelligence community in infrastructure threat assessment.
  ``Yes'' on Rollcall No. 697, the motion to recommit H.R. 1892, which 
would place priority on funding activities that counter the threat 
posed by transnational drug trafficking and the protection of U.S. 
borders from drug-related crime, violence and gang-related activity in 
connection with transnational drug trafficking.
  ``Yes'' on Rollcall No. 698, final passage of H.R. 1892, although I 
share the concern expressed by a number of my colleagues about the 
CIA's role in Libya.

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