[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14518]
[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

                        Monday, October 3, 2011

  Mr. HONDA. Mr. Speaker, on September 23, I was unavoidably detained 
in a meeting with the President of the United States, and so I was not 
present several of the rollcall votes on amendments to H.R. 2401 held 
that day. Had I been present I would have voted:
  ``Aye'' on rollcall 728, the Welch Amendment to add the Chair of the 
Council on Environmental Quality, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention to the interagency committee that the bill would create, and 
to direct that committee to look at important health impacts on the 
most vulnerable populations (such as children and the elderly) that 
would be affected by EPA's proposed rules.
  ``Aye'' on rollcall 729, the McNerney Amendment to direct the 
interagency committee to examine the effect on clean energy jobs and 
clean energy companies, including those that export clean energy 
technology, to the items to be considered in the analyses required by 
the bill.
  ``Aye'' on rollcall 730, the Moore Amendment to ensure that the 
interagency committee will analyze the impact a rule or action could 
have on low-income communities and public health.
  ``Aye'' on rollcall 731, the Capps Amendment to require the 
interagency committee to include in its analyses an estimate of the 
incidence of birth and developmental defects and infant mortality that 
would result from a delay to covered rules and covered actions under 
the bill.
  ``No'' on rollcall 732, the Kinzinger Amendment, which seeks to add 
regulations that have not even been proposed to the list to be analyzed 
by the interagency committee.
  ``No'' on rollcall 733, the Dent Amendment, which would further 
undermine environmental protections by adding EPA's National Emission 
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from the Portland Cement 
Manufacturing Industry and Standards of Performance for Portland Cement 
Plants to the rules the must be examined by the interagency committee 
created by the bill.
  ``Aye'' on rollcall 734, the Hastings (FL) Amendment to exclude from 
the interagency committee's review all rules and regulations that 
already undergo a cost-benefit analysis.
  ``Aye'' on rollcall 735, Connolly Amendment No. 8 to require the 
interagency committee to study policies which will lead to creation of 
American jobs in the pollution control and clean energy sector.

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