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Bob Filner: “On rollcall 269, I was away from the Capitol due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I would…”

On the recordMay 17, 2012
On rollcall 269, I was away from the Capitol due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.'' Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise. The motion was agreed to. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. West) having assumed the chair, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Acting Chair of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 4310) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon. ____________________
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Bob Filner
California
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May 17, 2012

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