[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 747]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. BRIAN HIGGINS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, January 16, 2015

  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, on January 6, I attended the funeral of the 
former Governor of New York, Mario Cuomo, in New York City. 
Consequently I missed several votes in the House of Representatives.
  I would like to submit how I intended to vote had I been present:
  On Roll Call 1, the Quorum Call of the House, I would have voted 
PRESENT.
  On Roll Call 2, the Election of the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives, I would have voted for Representative Nancy Pelosi of 
California.
  On Roll Call 3, to Table the Motion to Refer H. Res. 5, Adopting 
rules for the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, I would have voted NAY.
  On Roll Call 4, Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 5, I would 
have voted NAY.
  On Roll Call 5, the Motion to Recommit H. Res. 5 with Instructions, I 
would have voted YEA.
  On Roll Call 6, Agreeing to H. Res. 5, I would have voted NAY.
  On Roll Call 7, the Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass H.R. 22, I 
would have voted YEA.

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