[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14875]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. ADAM SMITH

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 25, 2015

  Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, September 16, 
Thursday, September 17, and Friday, September 18, 2015, I was unable to 
be present for recorded votes for medical reasons related to my ongoing 
recovery from two hip surgeries. Had I been present, I would have 
voted:
  Yes on roll call vote No. 495 (on the motion to suspend the rules and 
pass H.R. 1214, as amended),
  Yes on roll call vote No. 496 (on the motion to suspend the rules and 
pass H.R. 1949, as amended),
  No on roll call vote No. 497 (on ordering the previous question on H. 
Res. 420),
  No on roll call vote No. 498 (on agreeing to the Collins Amendment to 
H. Res. 420 to waive clause 6(a) of Rule XIII of the House Rules with 
respect to any resolution reported on the legislative day of September 
24, 2015 or September 25, 2015),
  No on roll call vote No. 499 (on agreeing to the resolution H. Res. 
420, as amended),
  Yes on roll call vote No. 500 (on the motion to recommit H.R. 758, 
with instructions),
  No on roll call vote No. 501 (on passage of H.R. 758),
  No on roll call vote No. 502 (on ordering the previous question on H. 
Res. 421),
  No on roll call vote No. 503 (on agreeing to the resolution H. Res. 
421),
  Yes on roll call vote No. 504 (on the motion to recommit H.R. 3134, 
with instructions),
  No on roll call vote No. 505 (on passage of H.R. 3134),
  No on roll call vote No. 506 (on passage of H.R. 3504).

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