[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13863]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. MARIO DIAZ-BALART

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 18, 2013

  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, due to a death in the family I was 
unable to cast the following votes. If I had been present, I would have 
voted as follows: rollcall vote 458--I would have voted ``yes,'' 
rollcall vote 459--I would have voted ``yes,'' rollcall vote 460--I 
would have voted ``yes,'' rollcall vote 461--I would have voted 
``yes,'' rollcall vote 462--I would have voted ``yes,'' rollcall vote 
463--I would have voted ``yes,'' rollcall vote 464--I would have voted 
``yes,'' rollcall vote 465--I would have voted ``yes.''
  I would have voted in favor of H.R. 2775 because I believe there 
needs to be protocols in place to verify eligibility of taxpayer funded 
benefits. Without these practical verifications in place there will be 
billions of dollars in fraud that will go undetected. We need to do 
everything we can to protect the hard earned dollars of the taxpayers 
and that's why I support this commonsense piece of legislation.

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