[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10939]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I was on official business on 
last Friday, July 8, with the privilege of seeing the last shuttle 
launch in Florida, the Atlantis, a very important issue for my 
congressional district and, I might say, a mighty, magnificent 
expression of American genius.
  Because of that, I missed the following roll call votes on Thursday, 
July 7, which I would like to submit into the Record. I will read them 
very briefly. For roll call vote No. 521--and these were under the 
Defense appropriations bill--I would have voted ``yes.'' For roll call 
vote 522, I would have voted ``no.'' Roll call vote 523, I would have 
voted ``yes.'' For roll call vote 524, ``Reaffirming the United States 
commitment to a negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian 
conflict through direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and for other 
purposes,'' I would have voted ``aye.''
  For Friday, July 8, when I, as well, missed votes for that reason, 
official business, for roll call vote No. 525, I would have voted 
``no.'' For roll call vote 526, I would have voted ``no.'' Roll call 
vote 527, I would have voted ``no.'' Roll call vote 528, which 
interferes with the chaplain's duties in the United States military, I 
would have voted a resounding ``no.'' For roll call vote 529, I would 
have voted ``no.'' Roll call vote 530, I would have voted ``no.'' And 
for roll call vote 533, I would have voted ``yes.''
  Mr. Speaker, I rise to address the Chair regarding my absence from 
rollcall votes 515-524 on Thursday, July 7, 2011.
  I was not able to cast my votes during rollcall 515-524 because I was 
on official business. I would like to state for the Record how I would 
have voted had I been present.
  For rollcall vote 521, on agreeing to an Amendment to H.R. 2219 
offered by Representative Welch of Vermont, ``An amendment to limit the 
use of funds to not more than $200,000,000, provided by title IX under 
the heading `Operation and Maintenance, Army,' may be available for the 
Commander's Emergency Response Program. Also, the amount otherwise 
provided under such heading is reduced by $200,000,000,'' I would have 
voted yes.
  For rollcall vote 522, on agreeing to Amendment No. 4 to H.R. 2219 
offered by Representative Cole of Oklahoma, ``An amendment numbered 4 
printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds be 
used to implement any rule, regulation, or executive order regarding 
the disclosure of political contributions that takes effect on or after 
the date of enactment of the this Act,'' I would have voted nay.
  For rollcall vote 523, on agreeing to Amendment No. 97 to H.R. 2219 
offered by Representative Frank, ``An Amendment to add a section at the 
end of the bill which reduces the total amount of appropriations by 
$8,500,000,000 not to be derived from amounts of appropriations made 
available by title I (``Military Personnel''), under the heading 
``Defense Health Program'' in title VI, or by title IX (``Overseas 
Contingency Operations''),'' I would have voted aye.
  For rollcall vote 524, on motion to suspend the rules and agree as 
amended in H. Res. 268, ``Reaffirming the United States commitment to a 
negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through 
direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and for other purposes,'' I 
would have voted aye.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise to address the Chair regarding my absence from 
rollcall votes 525-533 on Friday, July 8, 2011.
  I was not able to cast my votes during rollcall 525-533 because I was 
on official business. I would like to state for the Record how I would 
have voted had I been present.
  For rollcall vote 525, on agreeing to Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 2219 
offered by Representative Flake of Arizona, ``An amendment to reduce 
funds made available by this Act for `Operation and Maintenance, 
Defense-Wide' by $250,000,000,'' I would have voted ``nay.''
  For rollcall vote 526, on agreeing to Amendment No. 2 to H.R. 2219 
offered by Representative Flake of Arizona, ``An amendment to reduce 
the amounts made available in sundry sections of title IV,'' I would 
have voted ``nay.''
  For rollcall vote 527, on agreeing to Amendment No. 3 to H.R. 2219 
offered by Representative Flake of Arizona, ``An amendment to reduce 
the amounts made available in sundry sections of title IV,'' I would 
have voted ``nay.''
  For rollcall vote 528, on agreeing to Amendment No. 77 to H.R. 2219 
offered by Representative Huelskamp of Kansas, ``An amendment numbered 
77 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds to 
implement the curriculum of the Chaplain Corps Tier 1 DATD repeal 
training dated April 11, 2011'' I would have voted ``nay.''
  For rollcall vote 529, on agreeing to an Amendment to H.R. 2219 
offered by Representative Polis of Colorado, ``An amendment to prohibit 
use of funds in the bill to maintain an end strength level of troops in 
Europe to more than 30,000 and to reduce military personnel accounts 
accordingly'' I would have voted ``nay.''
  For rollcall vote 530, on agreeing to an Amendment to H.R. 2219 
offered by Representative Kucinich of Ohio, ``An amendment to prohibit 
the use of funds for military operations in or against Libya except 
under a declaration of war against Libya pursuant to clause 11 in 
section 8 of article I of the Constitution'' I would have voted 
``nay.''
  For rollcall vote 533, on agreeing to a resolution H. Res. 340 to 
``Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1309) to extend the 
authorization of the national flood insurance program'' I would have 
voted ``yea.''

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