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PERSONAL EXPLANATION
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HON. ADAM SMITH
of washington
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, December 9, Wednesday, December 10, and Thursday, December 11, 2014, I was out on medical leave continuing to recover from surgery and unable to be present for recorded votes.
Had I been present, I would have voted: ``yes'' on roll call vote No. 552 (on the motion to recommit H.R. 5781); ``no'' on roll call vote No. 553 (on passage of H.R. 5781); ``no'' on roll call vote No. 554 (on agreeing to the resolution H. Res. 775); ``yes'' on roll call vote No. 555 (on the motion to suspend the rules and pass S. 1000); ``yes'' on roll call vote No. 556 (on approving the journal); ``yes'' on roll call vote No. 557 (on passage of S. 2244); ``yes'' on roll call vote No. 558
(on the motion to suspend the rules and concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 4681); ``yes'' on roll call vote No. 559 (on the motion to suspend the rules and concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 2719);
``yes'' on roll call vote No. 560 (on the motion to suspend the rules and concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1204); ``no'' on roll call vote No. 561 (on agreeing to the resolution H. Res. 776); ``no'' on roll call vote No. 562 (on the motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 5806); ``no'' on roll call vote No. 563 (on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 83 with an amendment); and ``yes'' on roll call vote No. 564 (on the motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 5699, as amended).
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 160, No. 155(1), Congressional Record Vol. 160, No. 155(2)
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