[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 11810-11811]
[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

                        Thursday, July 10, 2014

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, on July 10, 2014, I was unavoidably 
detained attending to representational activities in my congressional 
district and accompanying the President of the United States to Austin, 
Texas, and thus unable to return in time for rollcall Votes 379 through 
392. I ask the Record to reflect that had I been present I would have 
voted as follows:
  1. On rollcall No. 379 I would have voted ``no.''
  (McClintock Amendment to H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Appropriations 
Act for Fiscal Year 2015, reducing the Department of Energy's Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy account, the Nuclear Energy account, 
the Fossil Energy Research and Development account, the Departmental 
Administration account, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Salaries 
and Expenses account by

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$121.3 million collectively and applying the savings to the Spending 
Reduction Account)
  2. On rollcall No. 380 I would have voted ``yes.''
  (Bonamici Amendment to H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Appropriations Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015, increasing the Department of Energy's Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy account by $9 million and reducing the 
Departmental Administration account by the same amount)
  3. On rollcall No. 381 I would have voted ``no.''
  (Speier Amendment to H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Appropriations Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015, reducing the Fossil Energy Research and 
Development account by $30.9 million and applying the savings to the 
Spending Reduction Account)
  4. On rollcall No. 382 I would have voted ``yes.''
  (Titus Amendment to H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Appropriations Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015, eliminating funding for the Yucca Mountain 
project at the Department of Energy and applying the $150 million 
savings to the Spending Reduction Account)
  5. On rollcall No. 383 I would have voted ``yes.''
  (Schiff Amendment to H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Appropriations Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015, increasing the Advanced Research Projects Agency 
by $20 million and reducing the Departmental Administration account by 
the same amount)
  6. On rollcall No. 384 I would have voted ``yes.''
  (Quigley Amendment to H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Appropriations Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015, reducing the Atomic Energy Defense Activities and 
National Nuclear Security Administration Weapons Activities account by 
$7.6 million and applying the savings to the Spending Reduction 
Account)
  7. On rollcall No. 385 I would have voted ``no.''
  (Chabot Amendment to H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Appropriations Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015, zeroing out funding for the Denali Commission (a 
$10 million cut) and applying that savings to the Spending Reduction 
Account)
  8. On rollcall No. 386 I would have voted ``yes.''
  (Titus Amendment to H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Appropriations Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015, striking Section 506 which prohibits funds from 
being used to close Yucca Mountain)
  9. On rollcall No. 387 I would have voted ``yes.''
  (DeLauro Amendment to H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Appropriations Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015, prohibiting the awarding of contracts to 
``inverted'' corporations that have changed their residence from the 
United States to the tax havens of Bermuda or the Cayman Islands, 
avoiding U.S. corporate taxes)
  10. On rollcall No. 388 I would have voted ``no.''
  (King (IA) Amendment to H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Appropriations 
Act for Fiscal Year 2015, prohibiting the use of funds to implement, 
administer, or enforce the requirements in the Davis-Bacon Act)
  11. On rollcall No. 389 I would have voted ``no.''
  (Lankford Amendment to H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Appropriations Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015, prohibiting the use of funds to prepare, propose, 
or promulgate any regulation or guidance that references or relies on 
the analysis contained in ``Technical Support Document: The Social Cost 
of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis--Under Executive Order 
12866'')
  12. On rollcall No. 390 I would have voted ``no.''
  (Cassidy Amendment to H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Appropriations Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015, prohibiting the use of funds by the Department of 
Energy to apply the report entitled ``Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas 
Perspective on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas from the United States'' 
in any decision to export Liquefied Natural Gas from the U.S.)
  13. On rollcall No. 391 I would have voted ``no.''
  (Motion on Ordering the Previous Question on the Rule providing for 
consideration of both H.R. 5016 and H.R. 4718.)
  14. On rollcall No. 392 I would have voted ``no.''
  (H. Res. 661, Rule providing for consideration of both H.R. 5016, 
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations, 2015; and 
H.R. 4718, To Amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to Modify and 
Make Permanent Bonus Depreciation)

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