[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 824]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. DAVID LOEBSACK

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 20, 2015

  Mr. LOEBSACK. Mr. Speaker, due to an unavoidable absence from the 
House floor, I was unable to vote on the bills under consideration 
Wednesday, January 14, 2015. I would like to submit how I would have 
voted.
  On final passage of H.R. 37, the Promoting Job Creation and Reducing 
Small Businesses Burdens Act, I would have voted no.
  On final passage of H.R. 240, the Department of Homeland Security 
Appropriations Act and the five amendments offered by the Majority I 
would have voted no. While I strongly support the underlying bill to 
fund the Department of Homeland Security, I could not support the bill 
after the Majority added amendments that would put our nation's 
security at risk in order to make political points.

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