[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8933]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                             HON. TOM COLE

                              of oklahoma

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 21, 2014

  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, May 19 and Tuesday, May 20, 2014, I 
regret I missed votes. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' 
on rollcall votes 218, 219, 220, 221, and 222.
  I was in my hometown of Moore, Oklahoma on the first anniversary of 
the devastating tornado that tore through the Fourth District. Even 
though the storms last May were some of the worst we've experienced in 
years, we are pulling through and showing that disaster cannot crush 
our spirits or break our communities. That is and always will be the 
Oklahoma way.

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