[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14959]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. LOU BARLETTA

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 28, 2015

  Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, September 24, and Friday, 
September 25, I was attending a funeral in Pennsylvania and unable to 
be present for recorded votes.
  On September 24, had I been present, I would have voted ``yes'' on 
roll call no. 507, which would designate a post office in Chesterfield, 
MO, as the Sgt. Zackary M. Fisher Post Office.
  On September 25, had I been present, I would have voted the following 
on amendments to H.R. 348, the RAPID Act: ``no'' on roll call no. 508, 
the Lowenthal amendment, ``yes'' on roll call no. 509, the Grijalva 
amendment, ``no'' on roll call no. 510, Gallego amendment; ``no'' on 
roll call no. 511, the Jackson Lee amendment, ``no'' on roll call no. 
512, the Dingell amendment, ``no'' on roll call no. 513, the Peters 
amendment, ``yes'' on roll call no. 514, the Gosar amendment, ``no'' on 
roll call no. 515, Jackson Lee amendment no. two, ``no'' on roll call 
no. 516, the Johnson of Georgia amendment, and ``no'' on roll call no. 
517, the Democratic Motion to Recommit.
  I would have proudly voted ``yes'' on roll call no. 518, final 
passage of H.R. 348, the RAPID Act, offered by my friend and colleague 
Tom Marino. Since coming to Congress, I have been proud to work with 
him to reduce burdensome bureaucratic regulations on businesses in 
Pennsylvania and across the nation. These streamlining provisions will 
allow shovel ready construction projects to move forward, putting 
Americans back to work.

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