[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16126]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, December 3, 2012

  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise regarding my absence 
from rollcall votes 605-608 on Thursday and Friday, November 15, 2012 
and November 16, 2012. Had I been present, I would have voted as 
follows: For rollcall vote, 605, I would have voted ``no''. For 
rollcall vote 606, I would have voted ``no''. For rollcall vote 607, on 
the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2453--Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Act to 
direct the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue gold and silver 
coins with a design emblematic of Mark Twain, I would have voted 
``aye''. For rollcall vote 608, on H.R. 3803 ``Russia and Moldova 
Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability 
Act of 2012'' to provide normal trade relations status to Russia and 
Moldova, ends Jackson-Vanik restrictions on both economies, and 
establishes new human rights-related sanctions on Russia, I would have 
voted ``aye''.

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