[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12114]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. GENE GREEN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 26, 2011

  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to explain my 
absence from votes cast on the afternoon of July 25, 2011. My voting 
percentage is 98 percent for the 112th Congress, and I rarely miss 
votes, but yesterday, I was absent due to a prior commitment scheduled 
before we knew the House would be in session on Monday.
  On the votes I missed: on the rule providing for consideration of 
H.R. 2584--Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2012, had I been present, I would have voted ``no''; and on the 
Journal vote, had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''

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