I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 110, ``nay'' on rollcall No. 111, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 112, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 113, and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 114. ____________________

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 98 and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 99. ____________________

I thank the chairman for yielding and for his leadership working together in a very bipartisan way to bring forward RAY BAUM'S Act. Not only is this piece of legislation important to reauthorize the FCC and the important work that they do…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 94 and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 95. ____________________

I would like to also thank Chairwoman Blackburn for including the FCC Consolidated Reporting Act that I worked so closely on with Senator Heller for years to try to get this legislation passed. This is included as part of this legislation…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 388, noes 25, not voting 17, as follows: [Roll No. 91] AYES--388 Abraham…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 77 and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 78. PERSONAL EXPLANATION

I would be honored to yield to the chief deputy whip, Mr. McHenry. Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, it is a special pleasure to come and speak to the career of a great public servant, Matt…

We can maybe disagree on that like we disagree on who has the best crabs, but we will enjoy that disagreement.

I would be remiss if I didn't recognize that Matt's lovely wife, Summer, is in the balcony, too, and I thank her for the time that she lent him to us and to this great institution. The best of luck to her family and her future with Matt…

I want to thank the Democratic whip for his kind words and for the way that our offices do work together on those occasions. Frankly, it is most occasions where we are working together on things. Obviously, there are times when we are not…

I thank Chairman Brady for yielding time and for his leadership in the entire group of conferees on bringing this tax cuts and jobs bill to the floor. I thank President Trump for working with us every step of the way to bring us to a…