[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 8855-8856]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. BRIAN BABIN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 7, 2017

  Mr. BABIN. Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, June 7, I joined the Vice 
President for an important event at Johnson Space Center in my 
congressional district. As a result, I missed the following recorded 
votes:
  On roll call Number 288, ordering the previous question on House 
Resolution 374, had I been present I would have voted ``yes.''
  On roll call Number 289, agreeing to House Resolution 374, had I been 
present I would have voted ``yes.''
  On roll call Number 290, ordering the previous question on House 
Resolution 375, had I been present I would have voted ``yes.''
  On roll call Number 291, agreeing to House Resolution 375, had I been 
present I would have voted ``yes.''
  On roll call Number 292, the motion to table the appeal of the ruling 
of the chair, had I been present I would have voted ``yes.''
  On roll call Number 293, passage of an amendment to H.R. 2213, had I 
been present I would have voted ``no.''
  On roll call Number 294, passage of H.R. 2213, had I been present I 
would have voted ``yes.'' I am pleased that my colleagues in the House 
voted to pass the Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act of 2017 
that will enable the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
fulfill its duty to protect the American people by waiving specific 
pre-employment requirements for certain qualified candidates to make 
the hiring process more expedient. The

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CBP is currently understaffed below its congressionally mandated level 
and this bill will help alleviate this staffing shortage.

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