[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14445]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. EARL BLUMENAUER

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 16, 2016

  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, had I been present for the vote on the 
Motion to Order the Previous Question on the Rule providing for 
consideration of both H.R. 5711 and H.R. 5982, I would have voted 
``no.'' Had the Motion to Order the Previous Question failed, Ms. 
Slaughter would have been able to offer her amendment to the Rule, 
which would have made in order Mr. Sarbanes' bill H.R. 6324. H.R. 6324 
is important legislation that would amend the Presidential Transition 
Act of 1963 to prevent registered lobbyists from serving on 
Presidential Transition Teams.
  Additionally, had I been present for the vote on H. Res. 921, I would 
have voted ``no.'' H. Res. 921 is the Rule providing for consideration 
of both H.R. 5711, a bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury 
from authorizing certain transactions by a U.S. financial institution 
in connection with the export or re-export of a commercial passenger 
aircraft to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and H.R. 5982, the Midnight 
Rules Relief Act of 2016. I oppose these bills.

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