[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 4039]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. BILL PASCRELL, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 23, 2015

  Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I want to state that on March 18, 2014, I 
missed one roll call vote. Had I been present I would have voted:
  NO--Roll Call Vote 125--H.R. 1030--To prohibit the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating 
regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent 
or reproducible.
  I would have cast my vote in opposition to this bill because it 
undermines the scientific integrity of the EPA's Science Advisory Board 
and hurt the agency's ability to use the best available science to 
protect the air we breathe and the water we drink when setting public 
health safeguards.

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