[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21489]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. ADAM SMITH

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 23, 2011

  Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, December 20, 2011, 
I was unable to be present for a series of recorded votes. I request 
the record show that had I been present, I would have voted: ``no'' on 
rollcall vote No. 947 (on the motion to table H. Res. 504), ``yes'' on 
rollcall vote No. 831 (on the motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 
3630), and ``no'' on rollcall vote No. 832 (on agreeing to H. Res. 
501).