[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17947]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. STEVE COHEN

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 19, 2012

  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, on December 17, 2012, I was attending to a 
sick friend and comforting his family and was unable to vote on 
rollcall vote 627.
  If present, I would have voted ``yea'' on H.R. 4606.

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