[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 13539]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. BRIAN HIGGINS

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 7, 2017

  Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Mr. Speaker, on September 6, 2017, I was not 
present for the recorded votes on roll call no 442, 443, and 444. Had I 
been present, I would have voted:
  On Roll Call vote no. 442, H. Res. 500, on ordering the previous 
question, Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3354) making 
appropriations for the Dept. of the Interior; providing for 
consideration of motions to suspend the rules; and waiving a 
requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration 
of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules, I would 
have voted NAY.
  On Roll Call vote no. 443, on agreeing to the resolution, providing 
for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3354) making appropriations for the 
Dept of the Interior; providing for consideration of motions to suspend 
the rules; and waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with 
respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the 
Committee on Rules, I would have voted NAY.
  On Roll Call vote no. 444, on approving the Journal, I would have 
voted YEA.

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