[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 1528]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                             HON. TOM REED

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, February 14, 2013

  Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I write to inform you that I was detained on 
February 6, 2013, and was unable to be on the House floor for the vote 
on H.R. 444. Had I been there, I would have voted a ``yea'' on rollcall 
38: Final passage of H.R. 444.

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