[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 9359-9360]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                       HON. SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO

                            of west virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 30, 2014

  Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, due to a family obligation, I was absent 
for rollcall votes on May 29 and May 30, 2014. Had I been present I 
would have voted as follows:
  Rollcall Vote 243--Pompeo Amendment--Eliminates all funding for the 
Economic Development Administration and transfers the savings to the 
Spending Reduction Account--``no.''
  Rollcall Vote 244--McNerney Amendment--Increases funding for the COPS 
program by $3 million (intended for the Technology Grant Program), 
reduces the Census Bureau by the same amount--``aye.''
  Rollcall Vote 245--Bridenstine Amendment--Increases funding for 
NOAA--Operations, Research, and Facilities by $12 million (intended for 
weather research), reduces the Census Bureau by the same amount--
``aye.''
  Rollcall Vote 246--King Amendment--Directs $5 million within DOJ--
General Administration--Salaries and Expenses towards investigating the 
actions of DHS regarding the discretionary release of criminal aliens--
``aye.''
  Rollcall Vote 247--Cohen Amendment--Increases funding for DOJ--
Administrative Review and Appeals by $2 million, reduces Bureau of 
Prisons--Salaries and Expenses by the same amount--``no.''
  Rollcall Vote 248--Cohen Amendment--Increases funding for the Legal 
Services Corporation by $15 million, reduces DEA--Salaries and Expenses 
by $18 million--``no.''
  Rollcall Vote 249--Thompson Amendment--Increases funding for grants 
to improve records in the National Instant Criminal Background Check 
System by $19.5 million, reduces funding from various other accounts by 
the same amount--``no.''
  Rollcall Vote 250--Polis Amendment--Reduces DEA--Salaries and 
Expenses by $35 million, and transfers the savings to the Spending 
Reduction Account--``no.''
  Rollcall Vote 251--Cicilline Amendment--Increases funding for State 
and Local Law Enforcement Assistance by $8.5 million, reduces NASA--
Construction by the same amount--``aye.''
  Rollcall Vote 252--Smith (TX) Amendment--Redirects $15.35 million 
within NSF--Research from the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and 
Economic Sciences to the Physical Sciences Directorates--``aye.''
  Rollcall Vote 253--Scott (GA) Amendment--Eliminates all funding for 
the Legal Services Corporation and transfers the savings to the 
Spending Reduction Account--``no.''
  Rollcall Vote 254--Moran Amendment--Strikes Sections 528 and 529 
which prohibits funds from being used to transfer detainees to the U.S. 
or construct, acquire or modify any facility in the U.S. to house 
detainees--``no.''
  Rollcall Vote 255--Blackburn Amendment--Reduces spending by 1% across 
the board--``no.''
  Rollcall Vote 256--Blackburn Amendment--Prohibits funds from being 
used for operation, renovation, or construction at Thomson Correctional 
Facility in Illinois--``aye.''
  Rollcall Vote 257--Bonamici Amendment--Prohibits funds from being 
used by DOJ to prevent a state from implementing its own state laws to 
authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of 
industrial hemp--``no.''
  Rollcall Vote 258--Rohrabacher Amendment--Prohibits funds from being 
used by DOJ to prevent states from implementing their own state laws 
that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of 
medical marijuana--``no.''
  Rollcall Vote 259--Holding Amendment--Prohibits funds from being used 
to transfer or temporarily assign employees to the Office of the Pardon 
Attorney for the purpose of screening clemency applications--``aye.''
  Rollcall Vote 260--Massie Amendment--Prohibits funds from being used 
by DOJ or DEA in contravention of sec. 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 
2014 regarding industrial hemp research--``no.''
  Rollcall Vote 261--Southerland Amendment--Prohibits funds from being 
used to develop, approve, or implement a new limited access privilege 
program (catch shares) that are not already developed, approved, or 
implemented for any fishery under the jurisdiction of the South 
Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, New England, or Gulf of Mexico Fishery 
Management Council--``no.''
  Rollcall Vote 262--Ellison Amendment--Prohibits funds from being used 
to award contracts to contractors who have violated the Fair Labor 
Standards Act--``aye.''
  Rollcall Vote 263--Grayson Amendment--Prohibits funds from being used 
to compel a journalist or reporter to testify about information or 
sources that they regard to be confidential--``no.''
  Rollcall Vote 264--Duffy Amendment--Prohibits funds from being used 
to relinquish the NTIA's responsibility with respect to internet domain 
name system functions, including responsibility with respect to the 
authoritative root zone file and the Internet Assigned Numbers 
Authority functions--``aye.''
  Rollcall Vote 265--Garrett Amendment--Prohibits funds from being used 
by the DOJ to pursue litigation using the ``disparate impact'' legal 
theory--``aye.''
  Rollcall Vote 266--King (IA) Amendment--Prohibits funds from DOJ--
Office of Justice Programs--State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance 
from being used in contravention of the Illegal Immigration Reform and 
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996--``aye.''
  Rollcall Vote 267--Meadows Amendment--Prohibits funds from being used 
to enter into a trade agreement that establishes a limit on greenhouse 
gas emissions--``aye.''
  Rollcall Vote 268--Motion to Recommit H.R. 4660--``no.''

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  Rollcall Vote 269--Passage of H.R. 4660--Commerce, Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015--``yea.''
  Rollcall Vote 270--Motion to Recommit H.R. 4681--``no.''
  Rollcall Vote 271--Passage of H.R. 4681--National Intelligence 
Authorization Act, 2015--``yea.''

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