[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19759]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                       HON. JESSE L. JACKSON, JR.

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, December 12, 2011

  Mr. JACKSON of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, December 8, I was 
unavoidably detained in Illinois attending to district/constituent 
matters and missed recorded votes for H. Res. 487, H.R. 1633, the Farm 
Dust Regulation Prevention Act, and H.R. 1254, the Synthetic Drug 
Control Act.
  If I had been present, I would have recorded my vote as a nay for 
rollcall vote 902, nay for rollcall vote 903, nay for rollcall vote 
904, and nay for rollcall vote 905.
  As I have confirmed in a number of meetings and correspondence, I do 
not support efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate 
fine and coarse particulate matter or ``farm dust''. While the EPA 
exists to protect the health of Americans and the stability of our 
environment, I am concerned by overly burdensome regulations and the 
impact they have on our smaller businesses and family farms. With that 
said, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has explicitly stated that she has 
no intention of revising any regulations on ``farm dust''. H.R. 1633 is 
another waste of the House's time and energy, as the clock continues to 
tick down on much more important issues like Unemployment Insurance and 
the payroll tax holiday.
  For that reason, had I been present I would have recorded my vote as 
yea for rollcall vote 906, yea for rollcall vote 907, yea for rollcall 
vote 908, yea for rollcall vote 909, yea for rollcall vote 910, yea for 
rollcall vote 911 and nay for rollcall vote 912.

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