[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13797]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. PAUL TONKO

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 27, 2016

  Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, September 26, 2016, I was absent 
from the House and missed roll call Nos. 557 and 558.
  Had I been present for roll call No. 557, motion to suspend the Rules 
and pass H.R. 3537, the Dangerous Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2016, I 
would have voted ``yea.''
  Had I been present for roll call No. 558, motion to suspend the Rules 
and pass H.R. 5392, the No Veterans Crisis Line Call Should Go 
Unanswered Act, I would have voted ``yea.''

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