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Grace Napolitano: On Monday, June 1st, 2015, I was absent during rollcall vote No. 265. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on…

On the recordJune 1, 2015
On Monday, June 1st, 2015, I was absent during rollcall vote No. 265. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on the Lowenthal Amendment to H.R. 1335--Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended. The amendment was agreed to. The Acting CHAIR. Under the rule, the Committee rises. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Fleischmann) having assumed the chair, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, 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. 1335) to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes, and, pursuant to House Resolution 274, he reported the bill back to the House with an amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is ordered. Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment to the amendment reported from the Committee of the Whole? If not, the question is on the amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended. The amendment was agreed to. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill.…
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Grace Napolitano
Democratic · California
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Jun 1, 2015

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