[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11677]
[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

                        Wednesday, July 18, 2012

  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise regarding my excused 
absence from rollcall votes 452-454 on Monday, July 9, 2012. I was 
unavoidably delayed on my return to Washington from Houston, TX due to 
weather.
  I would have voted ``aye'' for rollcall vote 452, on motion to 
suspend the rules and pass the bill H.R. 4155, ``Veterans Skills to 
Jobs Act'', which would require the head of each federal department or 
agency to ensure that an applicant for any federal license who has 
received relevant training while serving as a member of the Armed 
Forces is deemed to satisfy any training or certification requirements 
for the license, unless the training received is found to be 
substantially different from the training or certification requirements 
for such license.
  I would have voted ``aye'' for rollcall vote 453 on motion to suspend 
the rules and pass the bill H.R. 4367, ``To Amend the Electronic Fund 
Transfer Act to limit the free disclosure requirement for an automatic 
teller machine to the screen of that machine'', which cancels the 
requirement that such a fee disclosure appear in a prominent and 
conspicuous location on or at the ATM.
  I would have voted ``aye'' for rollcall vote 454 on motion to suspend 
the rules and pass the bill H.R. 5892, ``Hydropower Regulatory 
Efficiency Act of 2012'', which Amends the Public Utility Regulatory 
Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to increase from 5,000 to 10,000 kilowatts 
the size of small hydroelectric power projects which the Federal 
Energy.

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