[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 749]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 11, 2017

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, January 10, 2017, I 
traveled to Chicago at the invitation of the President of the United 
States to attend his Farewell Address to the Nation. Consequently, I 
was not present for Roll Call Votes 29 through 31. Had I been present, 
I would have voted as follows:
  On Roll Call 29, I would have voted AYE. (Velazquez Amendment to H.R. 
79, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups Act (``HALOS Act'')
  On Roll Call 30, I would have voted AYE. (Clay/Waters Amendment to 
H.R. 79, Helping Angels Lead Our Startups Act (``HALOS Act'')
  On Roll Call 31, I would have voted AYE. (Final Passage of H.R. 79, 
Helping Angels Lead Our Startups Act (``HALOS Act'')

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