On Thursday, May 21, 2015, I was absent during rollcall vote No. 261. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on the Edwards Amendment to H.R. 2262, Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship Act of 2015. Stated against:
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