[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3718]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. MARK SANFORD

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 17, 2015

  Mr. SANFORD. Mr. Speaker, I was absent for votes on Tuesday, March 
17, 2015, due to my attendance at the funeral of my close friend, John 
Rainey. By any account he lived an extraordinary life based on the 
lives he touched, the difference he made and the degree to which he was 
a great friend to all those blessed to call him just that. I was one of 
those so fortunate, and accordingly I will miss him dearly. Had I been 
present, I would have voted in the following manner:
   Roll call no. 116: Previous Question on H. Res. 138--Rule providing 
for consideration of H.R. 1029--EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act 
of 2015 and consideration of H.R. 1030--Secret Science Reform Act of 
2015: Yea
   Roll call no. 117: Rule providing for consideration of H.R. 1029--
EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2015 and consideration of H.R. 
1030--Secret Science Reform Act of 2015: Yea
   Roll call no. 118: H.R. 1191--Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and 
Emergency Responders Act: Yea
   Roll call no. 119: McKinley Amendment: Yea
   Roll call no. 120: Motion to recommit H.R. 1029 with instructions: 
Nay
   Roll call no. 121: H.R. 1029--EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act 
of 2015: Yea

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