[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 18146]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                             HON. RON KIND

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, November 18, 2011

  Mr. KIND. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to record my vote on the House 
floor for the McCarthy of New York Amendment No. 2 to H.R. 822 on 
Wednesday, November 16, 2011. I was in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of 
Transportation Ray LaHood, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, 
and others discussing how to move forward with the St. Croix River 
Crossing Project, a transportation project of critical importance to 
western Wisconsin. Had I been present, I would have voted against the 
McCarthy Amendment No. 2 to H.R. 822 (Roll No. 844).

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