[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 21636]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 18, 2015

  Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, on December 16, 2015, I missed two recorded 
votes due to a previously scheduled meeting. I would like to reflect 
how I would have voted if I were present:
  On Roll Call Number 700, I would have voted YEA in support of H.R. 
4239, the Tracking Foreign Fighters in Terrorist Safe Havens Act.
  On Roll Call Number 699, I would have voted YEA in support of H.R. 
3750, the First Responders Passport Act of 2015.
  These two pieces of legislation will strengthen our national security 
and deservedly recognize first responders who aid a foreign country 
following a natural disaster.

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