[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 443]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. BETO O'ROURKE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 12, 2015

  Mr. O'ROURKE. Mr. Speaker, during the roll call vote on Thursday, 
January 8, 2015 and Friday, January 9, 2015, I was absent after 
returning to El Paso due to a shooting that occurred on Tuesday, 
January 6, 2015 at the El Paso VA Clinic and subsequent visit by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald to the clinic.
  Had I been present, on roll call number 14, I would have voted Nay.
  On roll call number 16, I would have voted Nay.

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