[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 3636]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                         HON. JAMES P. McGOVERN

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 23, 2016

  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, on March 21 through 22, 2016, I 
accompanied President Obama and several of my colleagues in the U.S. 
Congress to Cuba as part of the ongoing effort to advance U.S.-Cuba 
relations. As a result, I was absent for roll call vote 135 on the 
Women Airforce Service Pilot Arlington Inurnment Restoration Act, H.R. 
4336. This is an incredibly important piece of legislation that will 
reinstate the inurnment eligibility for the brave and honorable women 
who made up the Women Airforce Pilot Service. Had I been present, I 
would have voted yes on roll call vote 135.
  Additionally, I was absent for roll call votes 130 through 134. Had I 
been present, I would have voted yes on roll call 130, no on roll call 
131, no on roll call 132, yes on roll call 133, and yes on roll call 
134.

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