[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 12732-12733]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                          HON. TAMMY DUCKWORTH

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 14, 2016

  Ms. DUCKWORTH. Mr. Speaker, on September 13, 2016, on Roll Call 
Number 498 on ordering the previous question on H. Res. 859, Providing 
for consideration of H.R. 5620, the VA Accountability First and Appeals 
Modernization Act of 2016, I am not recorded. Had I been present, I 
would have voted NO on ordering the previous question on H. Res. 859.
  On September 13, 2016, on Roll Call Number 499 on agreeing to the 
resolution, H. Res. 859, Providing for consideration of H.R. 5620, the 
VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2016, I am not 
recorded. Had I been present, I would have voted NO on agreeing to the 
resolution, H. Res. 859.
  On September 13, 2016, on Roll Call Number 500 on ordering the 
previous question on H. Res. 858, providing for consideration of H.R. 
3590, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the increase 
in the income threshold used in determining the deduction for medical 
care, I am not recorded. Had I been present, I would have voted NO on 
agreeing to the resolution, H. Res. 858.
  On September 13, 2016 on Roll Call Number 501 on agreeing to the 
resolution, H. Res. 858, providing for consideration of H.R. 3590, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the increase in the 
income threshold used in determining the deduction for medical care, I 
am not recorded. Had I been present, I would have voted NO on agreeing 
to the resolution, H. Res. 858.
  On September 13, 2016 on Roll Call Number 502 on passage of H.R. 
3590, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the increase 
in the income threshold used in determining the deduction for medical 
care, I am not recorded. Had I been present, I would have voted YES on 
agreeing to H.R. 3590.
  On September 13, 2016 on Roll Call Number 503 on the motion to 
suspend the rules and pass, as amended, H.R. 5587, Strengthening Career 
and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, I am not recorded. 
Had I been present, I would have voted YES on the motion to suspend the 
rules and pass, as amended, H.R. 5587.
  On September 13, 2016 on Roll Call Number 504 on the motion to 
suspend the rules and agree to H. Res. 729, Expressing support for the 
expeditious consideration and finalization of a new, robust, and long-
term Memorandum of Understanding on military assistance to Israel 
between the United States Government and the Government of Israel, I am 
not recorded. Had I been present, as a cosponsor of H. Res. 729, I 
would have voted YES on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to H. 
Res. 729.

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