[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18686]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                       HON. LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 3, 2013

  Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker, I was absent due to the passing of my 
mother and was not present for rollcall votes on Sunday, December 30 
and Monday December 31, 2012. Had I been present, I would have voted in 
this manner: rollcall Vote No. 649--Motion to Suspend the Rules and 
Pass, as Amended, the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act--
``yes''; rollcall Vote No. 650--Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur 
in the Senate Amendment, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a comprehensive 
policy to improve outreach and transparency to veterans and members of 
the Armed Forces through the provision of information on institutions 
of higher learning--``yes''; rollcall Vote No. 651--Motion to Suspend 
the Rules and Pass, the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' Benefits 
Improvement Act--``yes''; rollcall Vote No. 652--Motion to Suspend the 
Rules and Pass, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2013--``yes''; rollcall Vote No. 653--Motion to Suspend the Rules and 
Pass, a bill to redesignate the Dryden Flight Research Center as the 
Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center and the Western Aeronautical 
Test Range as the Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range--``yes''; and 
rollcall Vote No. 654--On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the 
Senate Amendment, the World War I Centennial Commission Act--``yes''.

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