Date: 2011-07-12
Speaker: JACKSON LEE (democrat)
Chamber: H
State: Texas

Mr. Speaker. I was on official business on last Friday. July 8. with the privilege of seeing the last shuttle launch in Florida. the Atlantis. a very important issue for my congressional district and. I might say. a mighty. magnificent expression of American genius. Because of that. I missed the following roll call votes on Thursday. July 7. which I would like to submit into the RECORD. I will read them very briefly. For roll call vote No. 521and these were under the Defense appropriations billI would have voted "yes." For roll call vote 522. I would have voted "no." Roll call vote 523. I would have voted "yes." For roll call vote 524. "Reaffirming the United States commitment to a negotiated settlement of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict through direct IsraeliPalestinian negotiations. and for other purposes." I would have voted "aye." For Friday. July 8. when I. as well. missed votes for that reason. official business. for roll call vote No. 525. I would have voted "no." For roll call vote 526. I would have voted "no." Roll call vote 527. I would have voted "no." Roll call vote 528. which interferes with the chaplains duties in the United States military. I would have voted a resounding "no." For roll call vote 529. I would have voted "no." Roll call vote 530. I would have voted "no." And for roll call vote 533. I would have voted "yes." Mr. Speaker. I rise to address the Chair regarding my absence from rollcall votes 515524 on Thursday. July 7. 2011. I was not able to cast my votes during rollcall 515524 because I was on official business. I would like to state for the RECORD how I would have voted had I been present. For rollcall vote 521. on agreeing to an Amendment to H.R. 2219 offered by Representative WELCH of Vermont. "An amendment to limit the use of funds to not more than $200.000.000. provided by title IX under the heading Operation and Maintenance. Army. may be available for the Commanders Emergency Response Program. Also. the amount otherwise provided under such heading is reduced by $200.000.000." I would have voted yes. For rollcall vote 522. on agreeing to Amendment No. 4 to H.R. 2219 offered by Representative COLE of Oklahoma. "An amendment numbered 4 printed in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD to prohibit the use of funds be used to implement any rule. regulation. or executive order regarding the disclosure of political contributions that takes effect on or after the date of enactment of the this Act." I would have voted nay. For rollcall vote 523. on agreeing to Amendment No. 97 to H.R. 2219 offered by Representative FRANK. "An Amendment to add a section at the end of the bill which reduces the total amount of appropriations by $8.500.000.000 not to be derived from amounts of appropriations made available by title I ("Military Personnel"). under the heading "Defense Health Program" in title VI. or by title IX ("Overseas Contingency Operations")." I would have voted aye. For rollcall vote 524. on motion to suspend the rules and agree as amended in H. Res. 268. "Reaffirming the United States commitment to a negotiated settlement of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict through direct IsraeliPalestinian negotiations. and for other purposes." I would have voted aye. Mr. Speaker. I rise to address the Chair regarding my absence from rollcall votes 525533 on Friday. July 8. 2011. I was not able to cast my votes during rollcall 525533 because I was on official business. I would like to state for the RECORD how I would have voted had I been present. For rollcall vote 525. on agreeing to Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 2219 offered by Representative FLAKE of Arizona. "An amendment to reduce funds made available by this Act for Operation and Maintenance. DefenseWide by $250.000.000." I would have voted "nay." For rollcall vote 526. on agreeing to Amendment No. 2 to H.R. 2219 offered by Representative FLAKE of Arizona. "An amendment to reduce the amounts made available in sundry sections of title IV." I would have voted "nay." For rollcall vote 527. on agreeing to Amendment No. 3 to H.R. 2219 offered by Representative FLAKE of Arizona. "An amendment to reduce the amounts made available in sundry sections of title IV." I would have voted "nay." For rollcall vote 528. on agreeing to Amendment No. 77 to H.R. 2219 offered by Representative HUELSKAMP of Kansas. "An amendment numbered 77 printed in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD to prohibit the use of funds to implement the curriculum of the Chaplain Corps Tier 1 DATD repeal training dated April 11. 2011" I would have voted "nay." For rollcall vote 529. on agreeing to an Amendment to H.R. 2219 offered by Representative POLLS of Colorado. "An amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to maintain an end strength level of troops in Europe to more than 30.000 and to reduce military personnel accounts accordingly" I would have voted "nay." For rollcall vote 530. on agreeing to an Amendment to H.R. 2219 offered by Representative KUCINICH of Ohio. "An amendment to prohibit the use of funds for military operations in or against Libya except under a declaration of war against Libya pursuant to clause 11 in section 8 of article I of the Constitution" I would have voted "nay." For rollcall vote 533. on agreeing to a resolution H. Res. 340 to "Providing for consideration of the bill to extend the authorization of the national flood insurance program" I would have voted "yea."