[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 11686]
[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 absence 
from rollcall votes 469-470 on Tuesday, July 17, 2012. I was attending 
a funeral.
  I would have voted aye for rollcall vote 469, on motion to suspend 
the rules and pass the bill H.R. 6018 ``Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act'', which would authorize appropriations for the Department of State 
for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes.
  I would have voted aye for rollcall vote 470, on motion to suspend 
the rules and pass the bill S. 2009, ``Insular Areas Act of 2011'' 
which would require a study of possible health risks to people living 
on an atoll in the Marshall Islands, and also delay an increase in the 
minimum wage in American Samoa, and require those increases to take 
place every three years instead of annually.

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